Cybersecurity
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The local government was among many nationwide that were impacted by a cyber attack on the CodeRED platform. Its owner has transferred the county and other subscribers to a new system.
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The worldwide Microsoft computer outage meant 1,894 customers at the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles on Friday could not be served. About 1,300 people with appointments were able to come back later.
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Panelists in a recent webinar discussed how bad actors might want to tamper with voter registration databases — and how election offices around the country have been working to stay resilient against threats.
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Customers of the financial institution, Webster Bank, had accessibility problems during the global technology outage that began Friday. The bank, headquartered in Stamford, Conn., said the issues have since been resolved.
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An update to a program rolled out by the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike and installed automatically instantly crashed millions of computers running Microsoft programs until manual fixes could be undertaken.
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The Superior Court of Los Angeles County was hit by ransomware Friday, disrupting “many critical systems.” The courthouses remained closed Monday as the jurisdiction worked to recover from the cyber attack.
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The Municipal Local Cybersecurity Grant Program is doling out nearly $7 million to cities and towns, regional school districts, and other local governments within the state.
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The state is giving the city of Port and the town of Merrimac more than $76,000 in grants to enhance their postures. It will go toward updating incident response plans and improving their ability to respond to an attack.
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A flawed update for cybersecurity software from the company CrowdStrike caused many Windows machines to crash. Around the globe, hospitals, airlines, 911 services, banks and others reported disruptions.
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More than 200,000 people nationwide had their Social Security numbers, medical information, health insurance details and other data exposed during a Dallas County ransomware attack last fall.
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The question is front of mind for U.S. influencers and many small businesses as lawmakers threaten to ban the Chinese-owned social media app that's become a cornerstone of Internet culture and e-commerce.
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The Ada County Sheriff’s Office spotted “unusual activity” and “proactively” deactivated computer-aided dispatch. Officials are working with third-party cybersecurity and data forensics consultants to investigate.
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Revisions to the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Security Policy affect all entities who have access to that data, including education departments, police, vendors and more.
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Yolo County is proactively enhancing the security and trustworthiness of its online presence by transitioning all county professional email accounts and webpages from the ".org" domain to the ".gov" domain.
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A man on the FBI’s most wanted list for nearly 10 years has been sentenced in Lincoln, Neb., to federal prison time. He will receive a nine-year sentence for crimes that snared the University of Vermont Medical Center and others.
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The incident, first publicly reported in October, appears to have not resulted in any victimizations by identity theft or fraud. It’s unclear how the data breach happened, but the city’s Law Department has notified those affected.
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Experts say crypto ATMs have become a vehicle for international criminal enterprises, and that millions of dollars’ worth of fraud is carried out using the machines in the U.S. alone.
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The local government declared a “local disaster emergency” due to a “significant disruption in services as a result of a criminal ransomware attack.” This follows disruptions to the county courthouse and probation/community corrections.
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