Devlin Barrett reports: A key law enforcement computer network has been down for 10 weeks, the victim of a ransomware attack that has frustrated efforts by senior officials to get the system back up and running — raising concerns about how to secure critical crime-fighting operations. While the initial breach of a computer system within…
Category: Government Sector
Court records online include private information for thousands of Missouri residents
Josh Renaud reports: Documents containing Social Security numbers and other private information for thousands of Missourians are accessible to anyone using the Casenet website, the state’s judicial records system, the Post-Dispatch recently discovered. Missouri Supreme Court officials have acknowledged the issue after being alerted by the Post-Dispatch, and they fixed one vulnerability on Casenet. But…
Jack Teixeira’s February 2022 Logs. Why wasn’t the insider threat prevented or detected?
Over on EmptyWheel, natsec journalist and blogger Marcy Wheeler writes, “In a motion to keep Jack Teixiera jailed, the government provided more details about what an unstable nut they gave access to the US’ most sensitive secrets.” Read Marcy’s post. Reading the logs from the perspective of someone who has blogged about insider threats and data…
Ransomware attack reported in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Spartanburg County in South Carolina is responding to a ransomware attack. The county told WYFF 4 News: “We recently detected and responded to a ransomware attack on our computer network. As soon as we learned this, we began working to investigate, to restore operations, and determine the effects of the incident. We are also working…
Cyberattack disrupts Lowell city government, shuts down computers
Louisa Moller reports: The city of Lowell is alerting residents to a cyberattack that impacted the municipality’s computer systems starting early on Monday. “We realized Monday morning around 3 to 5 a.m. that there was a breach,” said City Manager Tom Golden. Golden says that phones, emails and other city systems are down as a…
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department shuts down internet systems following recent cyberattack
Rob McMillan reports: More than two weeks after the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department was hit with a cyberattack, the department is still working to get all of its systems back online. Multiple sources have told Eyewitness News that the hack likely started after someone clicked a hyperlink that was malicious, and that suddenly encrypted…