It’s not exactly the headline you’d want for your agency, but that’s what MyBroadband came up with for this report by Myles Illidge: The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) has no idea whether any data was stolen during a ransomware attack on its systems in September 2021. “The Department cannot tell with certainty as to…
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WI: Neenah schools investigating apparent cyber attack; classes canceled Wednesday
Gabriella Premus reports: Neenah schools had to close unexpectedly Tuesday after the superintendent said it had what sounds like a cyber attack. The Neenah Joint School District discovered various technology systems down early Monday morning. Internet and phones are down at all schools in the district. Read more at Fox11. See this update of Feb. 4.
A Missouri Reporter Is (Still) Getting Blamed For the Security Flaw He Exposed
Jack Gillum sought — and obtained — some records from Missouri Governor Parson’s office concerning the governor’s staff’s public statements and the governor’s intention to try to prosecute journalist Josh Renaud. Renaud’s crime: he discovered a vulnerability on a state website where by clicking the F12 key to view the source of a page, one…
Monroe Public Schools notifies 1,201 of data breach in June
Add Monroe Public Schools in Michigan to any list you may be keeping of schools hit by ransomware. On January 7, external counsel for the district notified individuals about an incident the district discovered on June 10, 2021 when certain systems and files were encrypted. The district reports that it immediately secured their network and…
Why Canadian cyber insurance companies are requiring businesses to use multi-factor authentication
Alyssa DiSabatino reports: Canadian cyber insurance companies are now requiring businesses to offer multi-factor authentication (MFA) and have cybercrime/data breach response plans in place before qualifying for coverage. Prudent, since cybercrimes and ransomware attacks are on the rise – Canadians have lost $4.9 billion to ransomware attacks in the last year. Read more at Canadian…
Pk: Hackers steal, put up for sale Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police data
While Avos Locker gave a U.S. police department a free decryptor after realizing that they had been attacked, a Pakistani police department may be having a different outcome with unidentified attackers. Pakistan Today reports: Sensitive data belonging to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police has been accessed in an apparent cyberattack and put up for sale on the…