Here’s the cybersecurity news that made headlines this week that you need to know about:
Global money transfer service, MoneyGram, was forced to go offline after a cyberattack.
On September 21st, the transfer service announced on X (formerly Twitter) that it was experiencing a network outage affecting multiple of its systems. On September 23rd, another post revealed that this was due to a cybersecurity issue that they had proactively taken their systems offline to investigate.
With the app and other systems down, users have been unable to make online and in-person payments.
(–Source: International Business Times
Read More: MoneyGram Goes Offline After Cyberattack | IBTimes )
Claims that Dell’s infrastructure was breached, resulting in the sensitive data of its employees being stolen, are being investigated, after a new thread was posted on the infamous dark web forum BreachForums claiming to have a large Dell database for sale.
In this post, the alias “grep” claims that the information in this database includes employees’ full names, statuses, and internal ID information.
Dell’s security team is aware of and investigating this incident.
(–Source: TechRadar on MSN
Read More: Dell confirms it is investigating data breach after employee info leaked (msn.com) )
The FBI and US Department of Homeland Security are currently in Arkansas City to investigate reports of a cybersecurity incident at its water treatment plant.
While the water supply is still safe and no service has been disrupted, the water treatment plant has switched to manual operations and put additional security measures in place to ensure that the water supply is protected.
(–Source: Industrial Cyber
Read More: Hackers target Arkansas City water treatment plant, prompting federal investigation – Industrial Cyber )
30,000 residents in Franklin County, Kansas have had their sensitive data compromised in a ransomware attack.
While this attack occured back in May of this year, it wasn’t discovered until the end of August. Letters have been sent out as of September 20th to alert those involved, and identity theft protection services are being offered by the county to those affected by the breach.
Specific details about how hackers gained access to the county’s systems have not been disclosed, but Franklin County says it is committed to enhancing its cybersecurity measures.
(–Source: GBHackers
Read More: Kansas County Ransom Exposed Nearly 30,000 Residents’ Data (gbhackers.com) )
In a span of just 10 days, the Google Chrome web browser has rolled out 2 major security updates for the browser on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android, with Chrome on iOS users seemingly unaffected, after 4 high-severity security vulnerabilities were confirmed.
Users across the aforementioned affected operating systems should update Chrome as soon as possible to stay secure and protect themselves against these vulnerabilities.
(–Source: Forbes
Read More: New Chrome Security Warning For 3 Billion Windows, Mac, Linux, Android Users (forbes.com) )
