4 p.m. update, Monday, May 8 As of Monday, May 8 DallasCityHall.com and DallasPolice.net are back online. 911 and 311 intake and dispatch continue via phone and radio dispatch while Computer Assisted Dispatch (CAD) components including 1900 mobile devices (1600 for DPD and 300 for DFR) and the server routing calls are tested to ensure…
Category: Government Sector
Roskomnadzor’s structure was fined for improperly divulging employee information
Annabelle Custodio reports: The Main Radio Frequency Center under Roskomnadzor was fined for leaking employee data, according to the records in the Justice of the Peace file cabinet No. 456. A notice regarding the judgment “on the imposition of a administrative penalty” appeared in the file cabinet on May 2, but the substance of the…
San Bernardino County pays $1.1M ransom after cyberattack disrupts Sheriff’s Department systems
KABC reports an update to an attack disclosed last month: San Bernardino County paid a $1.1 million ransom to hackers who infiltrated the Sheriff’s Department computers, officials acknowledged Friday. Last month, the department admitted a hack encrypted many of its files, disrupting systems and blocking access to data. County officials told ABC News on Friday…
Hillsborough County elections official says network was ‘illegally breached’
Colin Wolf reports: Less than a week after the 2023 Tampa Municipal Runoff Election results were officially certified, local officials are now saying a server at the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Office was “illegally breached.” In a statement released Wednesday afternoon, Hillsborough County Elections Supervisor Craig Latimer stated that the breach did not interfere with…
City of Dallas impacted by ransomware attack
Lori Brown reports: The City of Dallas is dealing with a ransomware attack that has infected its servers, limiting the delivery of City service. The city says security monitoring tools first spotted the attack on Wednesday morning. Read more at Fox4. Update: It looks like the Royal Ransomware gang is responsible for this one.
Suffolk, without a cyberattack recovery plan, hires chief to create one
Vera Chinese reports: Suffolk County’s new chief security information officer, announced Monday by County Executive Steve Bellone, will be charged with creating a recovery plan for potential cyberattacks in the future, administration officials said. The lack of a stand-alone recovery plan before a breach was discovered Sept. 8 likely contributed to the amount of time it has taken…