Tangipahoa Parish School System phone lines and email will be offline for the most part on Monday as a precaution after district officials discovered a potential cybersecurity issue on their network Sunday evening. Tangipahoa School Superintendent Melissa Stilley said the issue appears to be similar to problems experienced in several district offices. Last week, the Governor of…
LAPD Police Officers’ Personal Information Stolen in Data Breach
Eric Leonard, Philip Drechsler, and Andrew Blankstein report: The personal information of about 2,500 LAPD officers, along with approximately 17,500 police officer applicants, was stolen in a theft of data held by the City’s Personnel Department, several officials told NBCLA. The breach was discovered in recent days, the officials said, and the affected officers were being…
Sephora customers’ data breached, names, e-mail addresses and passwords exposed
Hariz Baharudin reports: International beauty retailer Sephora has admitted to a breach of its online users’ data, affecting customers in Singapore as well as in other countries including Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, New Zealand and Australia. On Monday (July 29) the popular makeup retailer, which has 12 stores in Singapore, issued a notice to its…
Syracuse ransomware attack: School district expects to pay $50,000, insurance pays rest
James T. Mulder reports: The Syracuse City School District expects to pay a $50,000 insurance deductible to restore its computer system which was hit by a ransomware attack more than two weeks ago. The district did not say if the insurance carrier paid a ransom to attackers. The insurance carrier, who the district did not…
Hackers attack Cabarrus, Anson, Lincoln County websites, computers
WCNC reports: Overnight separate attacks began impacting the web pages and servers of at least three agencies. As of 5 p.m. Friday, some agencies had restored their services while others were still offline. The hackers targeted the City of Concord, Anson County, and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. The hackers did not get their hands…
Attackers Break Into Home of Investigative Journalist, Kill Her Dogs and Steal Her Reporting Records
Chantal Da Silva reports: The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling on Mexican authorities to “immediately and credibly” investigate an attack on a nationally-renowned investigative journalist’s home that saw her two dogs killed and her reporting records stolen. According to the CPJ, a number of unidentified individuals broke into investigative reporter Lydia Cacho Ribeiro’s home…