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UK At High Risk Of ‘Catastrophic Ransomware Attack,’ Parliamentary Committee Warns


The U.K.’s apparent lack of preparedness and insufficient investment in cybersecurity has reportedly left it highly prone to “catastrophic ransomware attacks,” as per a parliamentary committee.

What Happened: The joint committee on the national security strategy has raised concerns about the U.K.’s susceptibility to a cyber-attack capable of disrupting critical national infrastructure or CNI such as energy, water supply, transport, healthcare, and telecommunications services, reported The Guardian.

The committee criticized the U.K. government and the Home Office for their failure to address ransomware threats adequately and underscored their lack of sufficient investment to deter large-scale cyberattacks.

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Recent ransomware attacks on U.K. public services, including the NHS and, Redcar and Cleveland council, were pointed out as indicators of the looming threat. The committee also expressed concerns about the vulnerability of the U.K.’s CNI due to its dependence on outsourced IT systems.

The report warned of potential threats to human lives from future ransomware attacks if cyber criminals manage to interfere with CNI operations. The NHS was identified as a particular area of concern given its outdated IT services and lack of investment.

Additionally, the committee pointed out ransomware groups in Russia, North Korea, and Iran as primary threats targeting the U.K., based on information from the National Cyber Security Centre or NCSC.

Harjinder Singh Lallie, a cybersecurity expert at the University of Warwick, suggested regularly updating operating systems and computer hardware could mitigate overall costs and disruption.

In response to the report, a government spokesperson said, “The UK is well prepared to respond to cyber threats and has taken robust action to improve our cyber defenses, investing £2.6bn under our cyber security strategy and rolling out the first ever government-backed minimum standards for cybersecurity through the NCSC’s cyber essentials scheme.”

Why It Matters: This warning comes on the heels of increased ransomware attacks globally. Just last…

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Rome committee gets update on cybersecurity following ransomware attack in Augusta


Wednesday, June 14, 2023–6:43 p.m.

-David Crowder, WRGA News-

Rome IT Director Johnny Bunch gives an update on cybersecurity during Tuesday’s Rome General Administration Committee meeting.

A ransomware attack that disrupted city systems in Augusta is a reminder of how important cyber security is, especially for government entities.

Rome Information Technology Director Johnny Bunch told the city’s general administration committee on Tuesday that protecting against ransomware and other cyber attacks is a 24/7 job.

“It’s consuming a large part of our technology resources right now,” he said. “It’s a huge headache.”

A ransomware attack is when hackers gain control of computer files and then demand a ransom payment, usually millions of dollars, to release the data.

“That’s a struggle we hope to avoid,” Bunch said. “You do the best you can. Other than that, you pray and hope that something doesn’t fall through the cracks.”

Some of the attacks are backed by nation-states like Iran, North Korea, and Russia. They often use cryptocurrency to fund their activities, making the money difficult to trace.

“Ukraine has had an issue for the past two years with Russia, actually much longer than that, but since it’s exploded into the current situation, nation states have just gotten crazy on the wire and we’re feeling the effects of it,” Bunch said. “We’re just collateral damage.”

Bunch would not go into too many specifics about security measures that are in place. Hackers read the news too.  However, he said that the human resources and finance departments are in constant communication with his office to make sure they are doing everything right when it comes to spoof emails. One example involves hackers impersonating employees. They say they have changed bank accounts and ask for their paychecks to be sent to a new account.

Bunch said another important component is the education of employees about which types of emails they should not open. That applies to text messages as well.

“The texts will say a subscription has expired, so click this,” Bunch said. “Another will say a package is on the way but it can’t…

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Medicare Ransomware Attack Details Sought by GOP Committee Heads


Republican congressional leaders want the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to turn over more information on a ransomware attack that exposed the identifiable information of 254,000 Medicare beneficiaries.

The US House’s Committee on Oversight and Reform and Committee on Energy and Commerce are investigating a data breach identified by the agency in October 2022 but not reported to Congress until December 2022.

CMS has said Medicare information was exposed in a hack of a third party government subcontractor, which “acted in violation of its obligations.”

“In other words, bad actors had access to Medicare beneficiaries’ information for two …

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Central Pattana Public : Notification of the changes of the Company’s Directors, Members of Audit and Corporate Governance Committee and Members of Sub-committees








Lead Independent Director and Chairman of the Risk Policy Committee

Chairman of Audit and Corporate Governance Committee Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee Member of Audit and Corporate Governance Committee and Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee

(Translation)

9 August 2022

Notification of the changes of the Company’s Directors, Members of Audit and Corporate

Governance Committee and Members of Sub-committees

No. 51/2022/035

To

President

The Stock Exchange of Thailand

Enclosure List of Members of the Board of Directors and Form to Report on Names of Members and Scope of Work of the Audit Committee (F24-1)

Central Pattana Public Company Limited ( “the Company“) hereby informs that, on 9 August 2022, its Board of Directors Meeting No.6/2022 has passed significant resolutions as follows:

  1. Acknowledged the resignation from the directorship of Mr. Karun Kittisataporn and Mr. Paitoon Taveebhol. Such directors will perform their duties till end of 31 August 2022.
  2. Appointed Mrs. Parnsiree Amatayakul and Mr. Winid Silamongkol to be directors replacing Mr. Karun Kittisataporn and Mr. Paitoon Taveebhol respectively.
  3. Appointed the following persons to take positions in sub-committees to fulfill the

vacated position.

1) Mr. Veravat Chutichetpong

2)…

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