Cybersecurity
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The University of Texas at San Antonio will build a $135 million command center that will work with Regional Security Operations Centers across the state to repair weaknesses in government systems and educate users. -
A private liberal arts college in Portland, Ore., settled a class-action lawsuit after cyber criminals stole data of employees, students and alumni in 2023, and the college didn't send notifications until a year later.
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Officials, who recently increased their cyber insurance coverage, have refused to pay a ransom. They are working to fully replace all network infrastructure, including desktops, laptops, servers and storage.
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Cyber criminals diverted four monthly payments meant for a vendor involved with rebuilding the town’s high school, and they carefully managed compromised employee email accounts to hide the fraud.
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A costly scam perpetrated against the city of Fresno in 2020 could have been halted, a Fresno County Civil Grand Jury found, in a report released Thursday. City practices have since been improved, the report found.
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The company, which operates hospitals, pharmacies and health-care facilities nationwide, expects to restore electronic health records by June 14, following a ransomware attack in early May. Restoration of other systems is still ongoing.
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The federal government will provide a new cybersecurity guide, access to IT experts, free membership to a multistate cybersecurity center and a service to block computers from connecting to malicious domains.
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Greater Amsterdam School District in New York is working with its cyber insurance company to investigate a data breach in February. It notified potential victims roughly three months after discovering the breach.
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An association representing 28 water utilities is concerned the state’s Public Service Commission's recent cyber threat vulnerability assessment order may inadvertently pose threats to their cybersecurity.
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SponsoredNew research shows reliance on outdated identity verification methods.
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The EPA has issued an alert to water systems across the country after finding that about 70 percent of providers inspected since September 2023 violated standards enacted to prevent hacks or breaches.
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The city is cautioning constituents to look for signs of identity theft, after its phone lines and online payment system were compromised March 25. After the incident, officials worked with a third-party specialist to investigate.
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A lawsuit against a for-profit medical school in Elk Grove alleges that a ransomware group in 2023 stole tax forms of former and current employees and students, and the university did not notify the victims for months.
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The private information of around 10,300 people — potentially including Social Security numbers, passport and driver’s license numbers — may have been compromised by bad actors targeting the University of Chicago Medical Center.
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A data irregularity that allowed city staffers in Doral to view council members’ private folders on a shared network has led to escalating turmoil in the city, with some in government filing complaints.
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A new Marin County Civil Grand Jury report recommends that county supervisors consider forming a cybersecurity joint powers authority, serving as a followup to a 2020 report about cyber threats.
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Unlike some other companies, NukuDo, which operates the school, pays students $4,000 a month during their training. The agreement is that upon course completion, they must work where it places them for three years.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has warned against hackers affiliated with Iran and China who could sabotage drinking and wastewater resources — attacks it said are increasing in severity and frequency.
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The Texas city, already known as Cyber City USA, failed to lure the Space Command. But some leaders are hopeful it has a shot at being home to the U.S. Space Force’s cyber warfare headquarters.
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University-based cybersecurity clinics are enabling students to offer basic cyber services to local governments, hospitals, nonprofits and other groups with limited resources for the work.
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Shore Regional High School District in New Jersey recently found that network intruders may have removed a file in April 2023 containing student names, social security numbers, financial information and other private records.
