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Eeek! p0wned Alabama hit by unspecified 'cybersecurity event'
- Alabama state government is investigating a cybersecurity event affecting some state systems, with no citizen data theft reported.
- Outside cybersecurity consultants are assisting in securing and restoring impacted systems following the incident detected on May 9.
- The incident involved compromise of state employees' username and password pairs, with limited details disclosed.
- No major disruptions to state services were reported, and citizen's personally identifiable information (PII) seems unaffected.
- The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's funding cut potentially impacted information sharing with state governments.
- State government advises vigilance to employees in responding to emails and clicking links to prevent similar incidents.
- A Kosovo man extradited to the US for operating the BlackDB.cc criminal marketplace, selling stolen data for fraud purposes.
- Microsoft works on eliminating passwords for consumers, and issues like Galaxy devices leaking passwords via clipboard are reported.
- Physical security firm Andy Frain Services admits breach affecting over 100,000 people, allegedly caused by ransomware gang Black Basta.
- Russian-backed cyber operators APT28 target Ukrainian and other government systems using spear phishing emails and malicious JavaScript.
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