Cybersecurity

Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a memorandum Friday prohibiting the use of the social media platform TikTok on state-owned devices. In doing so, Alaska follows in the footsteps of more than a dozen other states.

Broward prosecutors are probing whether three school district administrators acted improperly when they shared details about a ransomware attack with a private company after withholding it from the public.

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The Iowa Department of Transportation has delayed the launch of digital ID to make security improvements to its mobile ID app. The agency will be bringing the app in line with national and international standards, officials say.

The vendor supplying Lawrence County, Ohio’s records management system was hit with a cyber attack Dec. 26. The incident caused service disruptions when company systems were taken offline to identify the source of the attack.

The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles was reportedly the victim of a cyber attack by the ransomware group LockBit. In a Dec. 31 post on the dark web, the group claimed to have stolen more than 15 terabytes of agency data.

A former Cleveland Public Power employee will spend the next two years on federal probation for trying to obtain sensitive information from computers that controlled the city’s power grid.

The New York county’s online record management system has been restored following a cyber attack against third-party vendor Cott Systems. The system was taken offline around Christmas to hunt for the source of the attack.

Online learning platform company Clever surveyed nearly 4,000 administrators and teachers throughout the U.S. and found that while the two sides differ on many topics regarding cybersecurity, they agree on the solutions.

Swansea Public Schools Superintendent John J. Robidoux announced school closures following a ransomware attack against the network. The attack follows a similar cyber incident impacting Bristol Community College.

After a cyber attack forced Freehold hospital administrators to halt new patient admissions, CentraState Medical Center officials were advising that patients seek care elsewhere due to the volume of patients in the emergency room.

Having already ordered the app purged from state devices and networks due to cybersecurity and surveillance concerns, Montana's Gov. Greg Gianforte is asking the Board of Regents to do the same for the state's universities.

A Massachusetts school district shut down its network Tuesday and canceled classes the following day, less than two weeks after nearby Bristol Community College had also been hit by a ransomware attack.

North Carolina Chief Risk Officer Rob Main announced his retirement from state government Dec. 31, ending a five-year run with the state's information technology department. He was appointed to the position in October 2021.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s executive order banning use of TikTok by executive branch agencies, boards and commissions has local government leaders evaluating their use of the social media platform.

The third-party vendor for the county’s online record management system alerted officials Monday that it detected potentially malicious files and would be shutting down its servers to find the source of the problem.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has announced the appointment of Adam Proffitt as secretary of administration and Jeff Maxon as the interim chief information technology officer following the departure of Dr. DeAngela Burns-Wallace.

Vice Society, which is known for targeting schools with cyber attacks, says it leaked sensitive personal data of students and staff since Xavier University declined to meet its demands after a November ransomware attack.