Four arrested for allegedly attempting to sabotage Interpol criminal search system

Daryna Antoniuk reports: International law enforcement has uncovered a criminal organization operating in Moldova suspected of attempting to sabotage a system that helps Interpol members locate and arrest wanted criminals worldwide. Moldovan authoritie… Continue reading Four arrested for allegedly attempting to sabotage Interpol criminal search system

Daixin Team claims to have breached the Dubai Municipality

Dubai Municipality (Arabic: بلدية دبي) is the Government of Dubai municipal body with jurisdiction over city services and the upkeep of facilities in the Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates and reports directly to the Dubai Executive Council.[1] The… Continue reading Daixin Team claims to have breached the Dubai Municipality

Data breach involving two former Kalamazoo employees under criminal investigation

Here’s your occasional reminder about insider-wrongdoing breaches. Katie Sergent  reports: City officials notified all staff of a data breach impacting about 250 current and former city employees, according to Kalamazoo Communications Manager Mic… Continue reading Data breach involving two former Kalamazoo employees under criminal investigation

Almost all citizens of city of Eindhoven have their personal data exposed

Graham Cluley reports: A data breach involving the Dutch city of Eindhoven left the personal information related to almost all of its citizens exposed. As Eindhovens Dagblad reports, two files containing the personal data of 221,511 inhabitants of Eind… Continue reading Almost all citizens of city of Eindhoven have their personal data exposed

Police Service of Northern Ireland facing £750k fine following data breach that exposed personal information of more than 9,000 staff

Suzanne McGonagle reports: The PSNI is facing a £750,000 fine following the spreadsheet error that exposed the personal information of its entire workforce. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said the fine comes after information relating to m… Continue reading Police Service of Northern Ireland facing £750k fine following data breach that exposed personal information of more than 9,000 staff

An Israeli City Hid a Crippling Cyberattack From the Public. It Was Just the Beginning

Omer Benjakob, Aaron Rabinowitz, and Ran Shimoni report: One Friday morning in January, office telephones in the city hall of Modi’in Ilit fell silent. Employees who were in the building quickly realized that something unusual was happening. They… Continue reading An Israeli City Hid a Crippling Cyberattack From the Public. It Was Just the Beginning

US says cyberattacks against water supplies are rising, and utilities need to do more to stop them

Michael Phillis and Matthew Daly report: Cyberattacks against water utilities across the country are becoming more frequent and more severe, the Environmental Protection Agency warned Monday as it issued an enforcement alert urging water systems to tak… Continue reading US says cyberattacks against water supplies are rising, and utilities need to do more to stop them

British Library’s candid ransomware comms driven by ’emotional intelligence’

Connor Jones reports: Emotional intelligence was at the heart of the British Library’s widely hailed response to its October ransomware attack, according to CEO Roly Keating. The British Library’s (BL) ransomware attack last year was one of… Continue reading British Library’s candid ransomware comms driven by ’emotional intelligence’