Illinois Department of Human Services phishing attack affected more than 1.1M public assistance clients

Their substitute notice, as published on Effingham Radio: Springfield, IL-(Effingham Radio)- Pursuant to the requirements of the Illinois Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), 815 ILCS 530/12, the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) is n… Continue reading Illinois Department of Human Services phishing attack affected more than 1.1M public assistance clients

CISA orders federal agencies to secure Microsoft cloud systems after ‘recent’ intrusions

Jonathan Greig reports: Federal civilian agencies were ordered to secure their Microsoft cloud systems after several recent cyber incidents. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a binding directive on Tuesday giving federa… Continue reading CISA orders federal agencies to secure Microsoft cloud systems after ‘recent’ intrusions

Rhode Island Residents’ Data Breached in Large Cyberattack; Data May Be Leaked Soon

Aimee Ortiz reports: The personal and private information of possibly hundreds of thousands of people who applied for government assistance in Rhode Island could be in the hands of hackers after a huge cyberattack, state officials said on Friday. The c… Continue reading Rhode Island Residents’ Data Breached in Large Cyberattack; Data May Be Leaked Soon

Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner’s Office Publishes Investigation Findings on the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department Data Breach

December 9 enforcement action by the Privacy Commission of Hong Kong: Data Breach Incident of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) The investigation arose from a data breach notification submitted by the EMSD to the PCPD on 1 May 20… Continue reading Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner’s Office Publishes Investigation Findings on the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department Data Breach

Derry man charged with terrorism offences linked to PSNI data breach expected to go on trial in New Year

DerryNow reports that 51-year-old Christopher Paul O’Kane appeared at a preliminary inquiry at Limavady Magistrates Court today. He reportedly refused to stand while the charges were read to him and only spoke to confirm he understood the charges… Continue reading Derry man charged with terrorism offences linked to PSNI data breach expected to go on trial in New Year

Ransomware attack on Bucharest: data of hundreds of thousands of citizens involved

The following is an automated machine translation. Matthew Garvey reports: The data of approximately 200,000 citizens of Sector 5 (such as CNP, first and last name, address, among others) were put up for sale by the hackers who launched a cyber attack … Continue reading Ransomware attack on Bucharest: data of hundreds of thousands of citizens involved

Throwing caution to the winds, “kiberphant0m” tries to extort Trump and Harris

While many of us were waking up to the election results yesterday, at least one person was busy trying to extort the president-elect and current vice president. In their post, “kiberphant0m” posted this demand concerning AT&T call logs:… Continue reading Throwing caution to the winds, “kiberphant0m” tries to extort Trump and Harris