Officials at Pennsylvania's Union County have confirmed the exfiltration of personal data from its residents following a ransomware attack against its network on Mar. 13, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Investigation into the incident which has not yet been claimed by any ransomware operation is still underway. However, people involved in the county's law enforcement, court matters, and other county business were mostly impacted, with their Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers believed to have been compromised, said officials, who did not provide additional details regarding the extent of the incident as well as the timeline of restoring affected services. Such a development comes amid mounting attacks against U.S. county and city governments this year, with New Hampshire's Strafford County and other municipalities reporting having their government services disrupted by cyberattacks last week. Despite saying that efforts restoring impacted systems are underway, Strafford County refused to name its attackers amid an ongoing investigation.
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The deepfake image, which depicted Paul Thwaite alongside journalist Emily Maitlis and was designed to mimic a BBC radio interview, was shared on the social media platform X.
The breach, initially disclosed by MBI in June, saw ShinyHunters leak the stolen data after the Christian college apparently did not meet their extortion demands.
