Lawrence Abrams reports: A new ransomware called Ransom X is being actively used in human-operated and targeted attacks against government agencies and enterprises. May 2020 was not a good month for Texas as both the Texas Courts and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) were hit with ransomware attacks. At the time of the attacks, it was not known…
Turkey: KVKK fines gaming company TRY 1,100,000 for breach notification violations
OneTrust DataGuidance reports: The Personal Data Protection Authority (‘KVKK’) published, on 23 June 2020, its decision (‘the Decision’) of 16 April 2020, fining a gaming company a total of TRY 1,100,000 (approx. €142,980) for data breach notification violations. In particular, the Decision concerns a data breach suffered by the gaming company in which hackers were…
The Case Against EU Cyber Sanctions for the Bundestag Hack
Stefan Soesanto writes: The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Moscow on May 28 that the German federal prosecutor had issued a sealed arrest warrant for Russian military intelligence officer Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin over the 2015 Bundestag hack. Among other items, the hack resulted in the exfiltration of 16 GB of sensitive emails and documents and necessitated…
ZA: Hackers strike at Life Healthcare, extent of data breach yet to be assessed
I missed this one a few weeks ago, it seems. On June 9, CGTN Africa reported: South Africa’s Life Healthcare said on Tuesday its southern African operation was hit by a cyber attack affecting its admissions systems, business processing systems and email servers, but is yet to determine the extent to which data has been…
Louis mayor slammed for broadcasting names, addresses of ‘defund the police’ supporters
Nicole Acevedo reports: The mayor of St. Louis is facing backlash for reading aloud during a public briefing the full names and street addresses of protesters who are calling on the city to defund the police department. […] As of Saturday, at least 15,000 people had signed a Change.org petition calling for Krewson’s resignation, contending that she…
Maine’s fraud investigations have derailed some Mainers’ federal unemployment benefits
Peter McGuire reports: The effort to root out identity fraud in Maine’s unemployment insurance system has delayed establishing federal programs to aid jobless Mainers. From the week ending May 30 to the week ending June 20, the Maine Department of Labor canceled roughly 23,900 initial claims and 41,000 weekly certifications that were determined to be…