It’s always satisfying when a month ends on a Friday! Let’s end the last day of February with a recap of this week’s cybersecurity news before we head into the weekend and the start of a new month.
After a cyber incident impacted government buildings and service in Anne Arundel County, the government buildings reopened on February 25th. With little information being released to the public, the incident is still being investigated and is not being labeled as an “attack” while the damage is assessed.
Precautionary measures are being taken by county officials and some services may be limited during the investigation until the county can return to full operations.
(–Source: CBS News
Read More: Anne Arundel County government still recovering from cyber incident – CBS Baltimore )
One of our weekly news recaps in January touched on the PowerSchool software breach right after the public was notified of the incident, but it seems that the incident is more widespread than originally thought.
PowerSchool has still not confirmed how many teachers, students, and school districts were affected by this attack, but the company is facing multiple class action lawsuits for failing to properly protect data. This incident is now gaining attention outside of the United States.
(–Source: Yahoo! Finance
Read More: PowerSchool faces more scrutiny following widespread data breach )
The sensitive information of 3.3 million individuals has been siphoned from DISA, an American employee background screening company, after hackers had access to the company’s systems for over 2 months.
According to DISA, forensics investigators have not been able to identify what specific data was compromised, and the identity and goals of the attackers are currently unknown.
(–Source: TechRadar Pro on MSN
Read More: Major breach hits employee screening firm – 3.3 million affected as hackers steal DISA data )
Australian IVF company, Genea, was forced to shut down its systems for multiple days after an international ransomware group posted snippets of highly confidential information on the dark web.
As stated in a statement from Genea, an investigation is ongoing to determine what data was stolen and published, and patients are encouraged to watch for identity theft and fraud. Patients have spoken out about their fear, anger, and frustration surrounding this breach.
The group of hackers who carried out the attack claim to have 700GB of information from Genea’s servers dating back as far as 6 years.
(–Source: ABC Health on MSN
Read More: Patient information posted on dark web after cyber attack on IVF company Genea )
A 2024 cyberattack on NorthWest Arkansas Community College that forced the school to push back the fall semester’s start date by one week is still under ongoing investigation, but letters are now being sent to affected individuals.
The school is offering one year of free identity theft protection to those who were affected.
(–Source: KNWA Fayetteville on MSN
Read More: NorthWest Arkansas Community College mailing letters to those affected by cyber attack )
