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Public Technology reports: The Ministry of Defence has been fined £350,000 over a data breach that divulged the identities of hundreds of Afghan nationals who worked for the UK government in Afghanistan. According to data watchdog the Information Commi… Continue reading MoD fined £350k over data breach that endangered lives of Afghan interpreters
Duncan Riley reports: U.S. government officers and cybersecurity experts are warning that the Chinese military is allegedly attempting to infiltrate critical infrastructure, including power and water utilities and transportation systems in the U.S. The… Continue reading Alleged Chinese cyberattacks target US power and water systems
Jordan Robertson and Riley Griffin report: On March 15, 2020, just days after the US declared a national emergency because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the computer network for the US Department of Health and Human Services briefly vanished from the inter… Continue reading The Untold Story of a Massive Hack at HHS in Covid’s Early Days
The Hacker News reports: The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned of active exploitation of a high-severity Adobe ColdFusion vulnerability by unidentified threat actors to gain initial access to government servers. “… Continue reading Hackers Exploited ColdFusion Vulnerability to Breach Federal Agency Servers
FirstPost reports: Hours after The Guardian report claimed that UK’s most hazardous nuclear site Sellafield has been hacked into by cyber groups closely linked to Russia and China, Britain on Monday said that it has no records or evidence to suggest th… Continue reading Britain dismisses report claiming Sellafield nuclear site hacking, says no malware exists on our system
Anna Isaac and Alex Lawson report: The UK’s most hazardous nuclear site, Sellafield, has been hacked into by cyber groups closely linked to Russia and China, the Guardian can reveal. The astonishing disclosure and its potential effects have been consis… Continue reading Sellafield nuclear site hacked by groups linked to Russia and China
The Norwegian Supervisory Authority (Datatilsynet) has taken enforcement action, imposing a fine of EUR 1.7 million (USD $1.85 million) on Arbeids- og velferdsetaten, the Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration (NAV). As part of its investigation, t… Continue reading Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration fined for data protection failures
Somasetty Suresh reports: A health worker has been apprehended by the authorities for an alleged misuse and disclosure of vaccination data. The individual, whose identity has not been revealed, has been charged with accessing a computer system for dish… Continue reading NZ: Health Worker Arrested for Misusing Vaccination Data: A Case of Breach of Trust
If you’re in Rock County, Wisconsin, it seems your Information Technology Director and Corporation Counsel do not want you to know certain things about the September ransomware attack — even though people in the rest of the country may alre… Continue reading If you’re in Rock County, Wisconsin, do NOT read this post. Absolutely do not read this post.
Mitchell Black reports: A Hendersonville cybersecurity incident has put city employees’ data at risk. The incident occurred just before the Thanksgiving break, according to a Nov. 29 statement from City Manager John Connet. Connet said that a “th… Continue reading Hendersonville city employees target of cybersecurity breach