The Toledo Blade reports:
Henry County was targeted by a “ransomware” attack that may have exposed more than 17,000 county voters’ personal information, Henry County Commission President Glenn Miller said Tuesday.
The county last week sent a letter to 17,841 voters to notify them of the computer hacking incident that occurred Oct. 31. County officials also offered a free year of service from a credit-monitoring company.
Read more on Toledo Blade.
Once again, being able to restore from backup saves the day….
Was Henry County’s response an over-reaction, or is this what is required by disclosure laws these days? If no data was exfiltrated, why the need for credit monitoring? And just exactly how would a vote ‘get lost’?
These comments are not criticisms. Where I’m going, I guess, is questioning if such responses are over-the-top on purpose to deflect any potential blowback from having to share such incidents with regulatory and law enforcement authorities.
All good questions. My sense that was that they decided to “err on the side of caution,” as some might say. As to votes getting lost, well, I think that was just a pre-emptive statement to avert people claiming election tampering.