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Florida: money budgeted for cybersecurity for agencies

Florida's approved state budget includes over $37 million to enhance cybersecurity at state agencies. In October 2020, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation experienced a network breach that led to limited operations for several weeks until the situation was resolved.

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Texas: scam targeted at licensees

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation has been alerted to an email scam asking recipients to validate their profile information with TDLR. The email appears to come from TDLR and asks recipients to validate their information so that their next license renewal is not delayed. The Department of Information Resources and the TDLR Information Security team are investigating.

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Florida DBPR experiences network breach

The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation is investigating an incident of "malicious activity on state-owned technology assets." The agency has limited its operations until all systems are cleared for access. DBPR reports that no evidence has been found to suggest a breach of personally identifiable information.

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College of Nurses of Ontario experiences cybersecurity incident

The College of Nurses of Ontario has experienced a cybersecurity issue, with hackers indicating that they have access to CNO files and threatening to publish it. The College is "seeking to determine whether personal information was compromised as a result of the incident." A cybersecurity firm has been hired to assist with remediation and forensic investigation. The license verification look-up system and the online license application are currently unavailable.

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