Sarah Watson reports: … In the Quad-Cities, at least three local governments paid out more than $100,000 to scammers. In all three cases, the criminals emailed local government officials pretending to be legitimate vendors the cities worked with. Rock Island County paid $115,000. LeClaire wired more than $222,000 in a similar case. Moline paid roughly…
Bureau Veritas hit by cyberattack on cybersecurity system
Ship Technology reports: French firm Bureau Veritas, which specialises in laboratory testing, inspection and certification services, has reported a cyberattack that affected its cybersecurity system. The security breach was detected on 20 November. As a preventive measure, the company took all its servers and data offline for a temporary period. Read more on Ship Technology.
Ph: Personal data of 22,000 S&R shopping members compromised in cyber attack
Gabriela Baron reports: The National Privacy Commission (NPC) on Wednesday, Nov. 24, said the personal data of 22,000 S&R members were compromised following a recent cyber attack. In a statement, NPC confirmed the receipt of a breach notification report on Nov. 15 from S&R Membership Shopping concerning a cyber attack “that may have compromised its…
Jury Convicts Maryland Man for Membership in Computer Fraud and Identity Theft Ring that Targeted State Governments
November 23 — A jury yesterday voted to convict Guy Cuomo a/k/a “John Monaco,” age 54, of Frederick, Maryland, of computer fraud, misuse of a social security number, aggravated identity theft and related conspiracy charges for his role in a scheme to sell information unlawfully obtained from the New York State Department of Labor and…
Little Rock officer arrested for ‘unauthorized access’ of personal information
THV11 reports: According to the Little Rock Police Department, Officer Miles McWayne has been arrested for “unauthorized access” of the personal information of a citizen. The person filed a police report with the department in August after the reported incident took place in May. McWayne was officially charged with the misdemeanor of accessing the information…
Montana high school hit by ransomware
Another day, another attack on public schools to report. Today’s report concerns Beaverhead County High School in Montana, which was reportedly hit by Avos Locker. The threat actors added the listing to their dark web leak site on November 20, but do not state when the attack actually occurred. As proof of claim, Avos Locker…