Cameron Montemayor reports:
Multiple sources and documents obtained via public records requests indicate the city suffered a significant cyberattack in early June, an incident that crippled network services for an extended period of time and potentially exposed the personal data of thousands of residents, city officials confirmed Monday.
The City of St. Joseph has been forced to spend more than $1 million on extensive upgrades to its cybersecurity and technology infrastructure since it first acknowledged via Facebook on Monday, June 9, that some of its services were down or temporarily unavailable due to “network issues,” saying later on June 26 it was investigating network security issues and no threat was posed to the public.
The city is now shedding additional light on the extent of the incident, saying in a press release Monday that while no evidence suggests any information has been misused, it is possible that some data, including records from the St. Joseph police and health departments, could have been acquired by an unauthorized third party.
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