Cybersecurity
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The incident is affecting the towns of Pepperell, Dunstable, Townsend and Ashby. It has taken down emergency and business phone lines for police, fire, and emergency medical services departments, but not 911. -
Town officials are investigating the incident, which has impacted computer systems and public safety departments. Its 911 phones are working normally and no private data appears to have been compromised.
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A public research university in West Virginia is working with the financial technology company Intuit on a student-led Security Operations Center, where students will simulate and problem-solve real-world scenarios.
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I spoke at the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what I learned and a few takeaways to share.
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As governments move to put zero trust cybersecurity architecture into action, CISO Nathan Loura and his team are creating a framework for protecting the state that prioritizes identity, access and culture change.
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Mayor Melvin Carter has postponed his 2026 budget address, a starting point for conversations, to September as the city continues to grapple with a recent cyber attack. St. Paul is still under a state of emergency.
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The state has set reporting deadlines for local governments, along with rules about ransomware attacks. The move reflects a larger trend as public officials seek to boost their cyber defenses.
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A recent breach is related to a phishing email sent to a business email account with the North St. Paul Police Department, according to the city. The attack was contained to that account and has had no other impact.
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As its larger neighbor continues to grapple with the fallout of a recent cyber attack, North St. Paul has hired cybersecurity experts to investigate a recent cyber attack on its own police department.
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The City Council granted the mayor more time to lead a coordinated response to the breach, which has necessitated assistance from the FBI and Minnesota National Guard cybersecurity experts.
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SponsoredRansomware is hitting state and local governments harder than ever — with escalating attacks, skyrocketing ransom demands, and evolving tactics like multi-extortion and AI-driven phishing. But the path to resilience is clear: With strong cyber hygiene; a layered defense strategy; and a focus on people, processes and technology, public agencies can turn the tide and protect the services citizens rely on most.
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After a spate of cyber attacks against its municipalities, that state is requiring all of its local governments to have cyber policies and to approve ransom payments to hackers in full view of the public.
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Jake Trippel is dean of the College of Business and Technology at Concordia University, where he also chairs the master’s in business administration, which includes a specialty in cybersecurity.
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The state’s around-the-clock Security Operations Center now handles as many as 14 billion logs monthly. “Monitoring/security operations center” was a CISO priority for just 14 states, a recent Deloitte-NASCIO study found.
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As the Minnesota capital continues to recover from last week’s cyber attack — and as officials seek accountability — lessons are starting to emerge from various parts of the gov tech world. Here’s what they have to say.
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The state of emergency continued Wednesday in St. Paul after officials shut down the city’s digital infrastructure and worked to stop the spread of a cyber attack that began Friday.
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Following cuts to programs supporting cybersecurity in K-12 schools, the Consortium for School Networking’s petition to federal leaders in charge of allocations earned more than 400 signatures from districts nationwide.
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Officials shut down city systems on Monday to contain a data breach that started late Friday. It was a “complete network shut down” of Wi-Fi and Internet-based systems, though 911 and emergency response remained unaffected.
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What is quantum supremacy, and when will it arrive? More important: How will quantum computing change our lives — for better or worse?
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Officials at the capital city had not been optimistic the funds could be recovered, but were able to obtain the payment — stolen from an online vendor payment portal after a bad actor gained access to an account.
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Officials in Indiana and Missouri said technologists remain watchful, but their states so far seem to have avoided compromise. The latter’s Office of Administration credited a layered security approach for helping deflect bad actors.
