(Trends Wide) — The data of millions of people in Louisiana and Oregon was compromised in the expanding cyberattack that also affected the US federal government, state agencies said late Thursday.
The attack affected 3.5 million Oregonians with driver’s licenses or state identification cards, and anyone with such documentation in Louisiana, authorities said. The Louisiana Governor’s Office did not put a death toll, but more than 3 million people have driver’s licenses in the state, according to public data.
The states did not blame anyone in particular for the attack, but federal officials have blamed a broader hacking campaign using the same software vulnerability on a Russian ransomware gang.
The big hack likely exposed data from hundreds of organizations around the world and also compromised several US federal agencies, including the Department of Energy, as well as data from major corporations in Britain, such as the BBC and British Airways. The Russian-speaking hackers who claimed credit for the attack have been known to demand multi-billion dollar ransoms, though US and state governments say they did not receive any demands.
Data exposed in the attack on the Oregon and Louisiana Departments of Motor Vehicles may include social security numbers and driver’s license numbers, prompting state authorities to advise their residents on how they can protect themselves against identity fraud .
There are no signs the hackers have sold or posted data stolen from the Louisiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and the hackers have not communicated with the state government, Louisiana Governor’s Office John Bel Edwards said in a statement. release.
This Thursday, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency revealed to Trends Wide that several US federal government agencies have been attacked.
It is known that Clop, the gang of ransomware allegedly responsible, demands multimillion-dollar ransoms. But no ransom demands have been made to federal agencies, the senior official told reporters at a background briefing.
This Thursday, Progress Software, the American company that manufactures the software exploited by hackers, said it had discovered a second vulnerability in the code that the company was working to fix.
The attacks have had no “significant impact” on federal civilian agencies, CISA Director Jen Easterly told reporters, adding that the hackers have been “largely opportunistic” in using the hacker’s flaw. software to enter the networks.
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(Trends Wide) — The data of millions of people in Louisiana and Oregon was compromised in the expanding cyberattack that also affected the US federal government, state agencies said late Thursday.
The attack affected 3.5 million Oregonians with driver’s licenses or state identification cards, and anyone with such documentation in Louisiana, authorities said. The Louisiana Governor’s Office did not put a death toll, but more than 3 million people have driver’s licenses in the state, according to public data.
The states did not blame anyone in particular for the attack, but federal officials have blamed a broader hacking campaign using the same software vulnerability on a Russian ransomware gang.
The big hack likely exposed data from hundreds of organizations around the world and also compromised several US federal agencies, including the Department of Energy, as well as data from major corporations in Britain, such as the BBC and British Airways. The Russian-speaking hackers who claimed credit for the attack have been known to demand multi-billion dollar ransoms, though US and state governments say they did not receive any demands.
Data exposed in the attack on the Oregon and Louisiana Departments of Motor Vehicles may include social security numbers and driver’s license numbers, prompting state authorities to advise their residents on how they can protect themselves against identity fraud .
There are no signs the hackers have sold or posted data stolen from the Louisiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and the hackers have not communicated with the state government, Louisiana Governor’s Office John Bel Edwards said in a statement. release.
This Thursday, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency revealed to Trends Wide that several US federal government agencies have been attacked.
It is known that Clop, the gang of ransomware allegedly responsible, demands multimillion-dollar ransoms. But no ransom demands have been made to federal agencies, the senior official told reporters at a background briefing.
This Thursday, Progress Software, the American company that manufactures the software exploited by hackers, said it had discovered a second vulnerability in the code that the company was working to fix.
The attacks have had no “significant impact” on federal civilian agencies, CISA Director Jen Easterly told reporters, adding that the hackers have been “largely opportunistic” in using the hacker’s flaw. software to enter the networks.
