KPLC TV reports that the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles remains closed this morning following Monday’s ransomware attack. Yesterday, KPLC posted a list of all of the state offices that had been impacted by the attack: Office of Motor Vehicles Around 79 OMV offices went offline Monday due to the ransomware attacks and ceased any…
MO: Saint Francis Healthcare announces ransomware incident involving Ferguson Medical Group; not all records recovered
Updated Nov. 21: This incident has just been posted on HHS’s public breach tool as impacting 107,054 patients. Original Post: Marsha Heller of KAIT 8 reports that Saint Francis Healthcare System announced that Ferguson Medical Group (FMG) in Sikeston, Mo. was hit with a ransomware attack on September 20th. The following is the notice on…
Accidental data breach at Las Cruces Public Schools discloses vendor social security numbers
KVIA reports: Las Cruces Public Schools now confirms it accidentally sent out an email back in September containing the social security numbers of vendors the district uses. That email was sent to about 150 district employees, officials said. Vendors were advised to place a fraud alert on their credit files as a precaution. Those vendors…
Akron man sentenced to six years in prison for launching denial of service attacks that shut down web sites for the city of Akron and the Akron Police Department
From the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio, an update on a previously disclosed prosecution: An Akron man was sentenced to six years in prison for launching denial of service attacks that shut down web sites for the city of Akron and the Akron Police Department. James Robinson, 33, previously pleaded guilty…
Physical and cyber threats collide in data theft incidents at N.J. businesses
Joel Griffin reports: For years, cybersecurity experts have warned about the lengths that criminals will go to in gaining access to the network of their intended victim, including exploiting flaws in an organization’s physical security program to achieve their goals. Some security practitioners brushed aside these concerns convinced that these so-called “hackers,” often portrayed as…
UK public sector IT chiefs shrug off breach threats: The data we hold isn’t that important
Gareth Corfield reports: Half of UK public sector IT chiefs think the data they’re responsible for protecting is less valuable than private sector information, according to a survey by antivirus firm Sophos. Just over 50 per cent of 420 senior managers quizzed by Sophos agreed with the statement: “The data held by my organisation is…