Among the reported victims are a water utility in Hawaii, a major West Coast port and at least one oil and gas pipeline.
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Six-month delay notifying Mainers of state data breach draws ire
Cyber experts differ in whether the delay was warranted.
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State: Russian gang’s hack in Maine affected personal data of 1.3 million people
A cybersecurity breach 6 months ago may have exposed private information of people contacting state agencies.
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Tech giants ramp up cloud security under pressure from Washington
Amazon, Microsoft and Google are improving security for cloud computing customers as Washington regulators and politicians press for action after breaches.
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UMaine Augusta and Maine Department of Labor to launch cybersecurity apprenticeship program
Maine would need to increase its number of cybersecurity professionals by 63% just to fill the number of current open positions.
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China-backed hackers suspected in global cyberattack, including U.S. government agencies
Word of the breach comes as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken departs for China this weekend in efforts to repair deteriorating ties between Washington and Beijing.
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Health insurer hack means questions but still few answers for Mainers
A cyberattack discovered in April could affect 79,000 state residents with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care coverage. But there’s little information about the information at risk.
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Hackers, data breaches put more Mainers at risk in ‘ongoing chess game’
Experts say cybercrime is on the rise, and it’s getting harder to catch the crooks. In Maine, data breaches are being recorded nearly every day.
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House panel zeroes in on TikTok app over security fear
The implications of this new scrutiny – part of a broadening congressional review of U.S. engagement with China – are unclear.
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Ex-Twitter engineer tells FTC security violations persist after Musk
Concerns about Twitter’s security soared after an incident in 2020 when teenagers breached Twitter’s internal systems and tweeted as Musk, Barack Obama and others.