Reuters reports: Ukraine’s top state security body acknowledged on Friday that some citizens’ personal data had been leaked from a portal advertising jobs for government employees. The National Security and Defence Council did not specify if the leak was the result of a cyber attack, how much data was involved or who was responsible. But…
Nebraska hospital 80% recovered after November ransomware attack
Mackenzie Garrity reports: North Platte, Neb.-based Great Plains Health is nearly recovered following a ransomware attack in November 2019 that encrypted the hospital’s computers, according to local NBC affiliate KNOP. Hospital officials say they are 80 percent finished with the recovery processes. Only thing left to recover is archived information, which hospital officials say is rarely used. Read…
NY: Town of Colonie got hacked; looks to avoid paying ransomware demand of about $400,000
Jim Franco reports: The town’s computer system was hacked, and the cyber extortionists are asking for about $400,000 in Bitcoin cryptocurrency to unlock it. But, said Supervisor Paula Mahan, the town is operating on a backup system that is allowing day-to-day operations to continue. “We have all of our data and our backup system is…
Iran vs U.S., The Cyber Front Explained
On January 3, the U.S. announced the successful assassination of Qasem Soleimani, Iran’s top general. Dire warnings about retaliation immediately appeared in the news, and it wasn’t long before we began to see headlines claiming that Iran had launched cyberattacks on the U.S. But were these really state actors or sophisticated actors, or or were…
Privacy breach in Corner Brook sent to commissioner’s officer for review, next steps Social Sharing
CBC News reports: An investigation into an information leak on the City of Corner Brook’s website is in the hands of the province’s privacy commissioner. An analyst with the provincial office is looking into the report of the breach, and will help determine what the next steps will be for the city. Read more on…
FBI seizes WeLeakInfo, a website that sold access breached data
Catalin Cimpanu reports: US authorities have seized this week the domain of WeLeakInfo.com, an online service that for the past three years has been selling access to data hacked from other websites. The website provided access to people’s cleartext passwords, allowing hackers to purchase a subscription on the site and gain access to billions of user…