FOX29 reports: Indian River County officials are investigating a cybersecurity system that has shut down employee emails, VoIP phones, and the county’s website. The network interruption was discovered Thursday night around 9 p.m. and has since impacted network capabilities in various county offices. Read more on FOX29.
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Chenango County hit with cyberattack
Josh Rosenblatt reports: Unable to access any of their computer network, Chenango County employees have had to come up with other solutions. The county Director of Information and Technology Herman Ericksen told 12 News the county system was attacked over the weekend. Hackers locked out employees and demanded $450 for each computer in exchange for…
Names, Private Information Of Child Sex Crime Victims Were Illegally Made Public In Cook County Court Records
Samah Assad, Christopher Hacker, and Brad Edwards report: Cook County officials left the personal information of child sex crime victims in public court records, violating a state law that requires those details be kept hidden. The person charged with protecting those victims’ privacy in the records, Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown, refused to restrict access to them for more than a month after being told about…
TX: Parker County Impacted by Computer Security Incident
October 19 – On Friday night Oct. 16, 2020, Parker County discovered they were impacted by a computer security incident. Following the discovery, County IT staff quickly isolated the compromised systems to limit the spread of the attack. County elections systems were not impacted. The Parker County Elections systems reside on an isolated network which…
UK: Hackney’s mayor is ticked off — and understandably so
There’s an update to a ransomware attack previously noted on this site: Hackney Mayor Philip Glanville has voiced his anger at the “morally repugnant” cyber attack that has disrupted many council services over the past fortnight, which he says could not have come at a worse time for the borough. Council officers were praised last…
Montreal’s STM public transport system hit by ransomware attack
Lawrence Abrams reports: Montreal’s Société de transport de Montréal (STM) public transport system was hit with a RansomExx ransomware attack that has impacted services and online systems. On October 19th, STM suffered an outage that affected its IT systems, website, and customer support. Read more on BleepingComputer. h/t, @Chum1ng0