Illinois
‘Glitch’ in Illinois’ PUA System Blamed for Exposing SSNs, Private Data
Government officials said that a glitch in the State of Illinois’ Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program exposed thousands of people’s Social Security Numbers (SSNs) and other private data. Jordan Abudayyeh, a spokesperson ...
Illinois Public Health Dept’s Website Went Down After NetWalker Attack
The website for a public health department in Illinois went down after the agency suffered a NetWalker ransomware attack. According to local media reports, officials at the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (C-UPHD) ...
Facebook’s Latest Privacy FAIL Costs Company $550M
Facebook has settled a class-action in Illinois for $550 million. It’s alleged that the social network’s face-recognition algorithms are illegal in the Prairie State ...
Ransomware cripples Internet and phone lines at Rockford Public Schools District
A ransomware attack on Rockford Public Schools (RPS) District 205 in the State of Illinois has downed school systems, including phone lines, the district said in a letter to staff and parents ...
