Government
The "Unsuccessful" Attack That Still Stings
It's two weeks since a vicious ransomware attack broke out at Louisiana's Office of Motor Vehicles. Many of the OMV's systems are still down. "The ransomware attack – triggered by what officials suspect was an employee opening a sketchy link – hit several state servers including at the Office of Motor Vehicles.
Louisiana: State of Emergency Declared After Ransomware Attack
With over 500 servers and 1600 PCs wrecked by the attack, Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a State of Emergency to enhance the remediation efforts. "There was significant impact to where we have to go and completely restore individual PCs, rebuild them from scratch and a large number of our
NJ Town Cyber Attacks Up Over 500%
In the last 5 years, New Jersey's local governments have experienced a 5x increase in Cyber Attacks. Much of this is driven by readily available hacking tools that require little technical expertise. “Until localities change their practices in the regard, they will continue to be targeted.”New Jersey's staggering losses
"Florida Man" Replaced by "Florida Hack"
Florida's city of Ocala falls victim to $750k business email compromise. It's the latest in a long string of successful attacks on Florida's local governments, including Naples, Riviera Beach and Lake City. In a painfully expensive and sneaky attack, a hacker impersonated a contractor's representative and successfully fooled a government
Hacking Goes Mainstream (CNN)
The volume and severity of cyber attacks on American businesses has caught the attention of Big Media. CNN's report explains the steps hackers take, and each attack "starts innocently enough, with an email. But when someone clicks the link inside, hackers quickly take over." "The most common way for attackers
Mueller Report: Russia Compromised Florida County
In the midst of the Mueller report frenzy, an important story was largely missed. Florida is near and dear to us as an Orlando-based company, but this is a problem for America. The report noted that Russia’s GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Army)
