Maine closes data breach portal to the public after fake reports

Collection of security incidents and actions: Maine temporarily closed public access to its data-breach reporting portal after a wave of fake reports while continuing to accept corporate submissions and auditing procedures; a cyberattack on Russian tech firm Astral disrupted business and government services for about a week, impacting POS systems, regulated-goods sales, customer portals, corporate email, HR document management and digital-certificate authentication; Finnish prosecutors charged a cargo ship’s officers with damaging two subsea telecommunications cables and attempting to damage a