Municipality of Asten victim of ‘digital burglary’ – Computer – News

The municipality of North Brabant initially observed an try at bill fraud and subsequently employed a specialised company, after which the precise digital intrusion was observed. Unauthorized individuals may entry delicate information reminiscent of citizen service and checking account numbers, names and addresses, phone numbers and copies of driver’s licenses, id playing cards and passports by way of two mailboxes.

In itself it’s good that they instantly began an inner investigation, however it is vitally unusual that you’d have entry to all information ‘by way of’ two mailboxes. I am additionally curious on which individual bought entry to these mailboxes.

Everyone knows by now that 2FA can’t deal with very focused assaults. As quickly as hackers notice you’ve got entry to a variety of beneficial information, they may begin focusing on you. However fairly often small municipalities do not even have 2FA so I am curious.

Small and huge websites are hacked day by day. One such hacker website is Lockbit. On Could 22 alone, 5 new hacked web sites or databases had been added. The well-known hack of Antwerp was additionally on it, however they purchased that off. geraardsbergen.be has additionally been hacked.

The techniques of Antwerp have been hacked as a result of there was a wind progress in linked techniques. The IT division had already introduced that they had been underfunded to modernize all that legacy. The vulnerabilities piled up as time glided by.

[Reactie gewijzigd door Coolstart op 22 mei 2023 17:55]