Cybersecurity
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Its ability to send residents emergency notifications was crippled by the November cyber attack. Since then, the local government has relied on state and federal systems to send out alerts. -
In the wake of a scam last year, the state agency has refocused on data encryption and security, and will do monthly cyber training and awareness. It has recovered nearly all of the stolen funds.
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A breach in a Minnesota Department of Human Services system allowed inappropriate access to the private data of nearly 304,000 people, with officials saying there is no evidence the data was misused.
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Funding for individual counties ranges from $229 in Hendry County to $524,838 for Orange County. In South Florida, Miami-Dade County was awarded $210,977, Broward got $18,500, and Palm Beach County got nothing.
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The ever-increasing laundry list of cyberattacks on local government has many city leaders on edge and making investments to better protect municipal assets. For some that means hiring new talent to gird systems.
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Citing an impending lapse in Microsoft operating system support, Information Technology Department officials told council members earlier this year that 400 new computers would be needed countywide.
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The controversial decision to eliminate the state's chief information security officer has inspired criticism, though state officials have promised a continued commitment to cybersecurity efforts.
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A computer virus made its way into City Hall computers July 5 and continues to cause problems related to licensing services. City officials say it does not appear that any resident data was stolen in the incident.
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The sensitive personal information of nearly 15,000 patients was exposed for several hours through a malicious email opened by a Department of Health Services contractor, officials said Tuesday.
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West Coast companies like Amazon, Microsoft and Uber are recruiting students well before they graduate, leaving the public sector high and dry. But it is smaller tech companies that are escalating the bidding war.
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Computers and servers in Richmond Heights City Hall were infected by malware July 1. Just a day later, systems were returned to normal thanks to backups and a rapid response from the IT team.
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Police, the media and society writ large are having to learn how to handle a host of new privacy and legal concerns stemming from the misidentifications of criminal suspects by new technologies.
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In January, Berks County approved spending nearly $4.5 million on new voting machines from Election Systems & Software, fulfilling a state directive that all voting systems produce a paper trail to track ballots.
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But other court services remain offline, including case management applications used by local courts. Websites for a child support calculator and the Judicial Council of Georgia are also unavailable.
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Two databases used by the state’s Department of Labor may have been accessed by unauthorized users, potentially exposing the names, Social Security numbers, addresses and personal information of thousands.
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The cyberattacks on Lake City and Riviera Beach have put other government agencies in the region on high alert. Ransom demands totaled more than $1 million, leaving neighboring cities to question their preparedness.
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Although there is still work to be completed in Baltimore, the online payment portal has now been restored for this year’s property taxes, vehicle citations, permit fees and some other minor taxes.
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Last week, the Lake City City Council voted to pay a hacker’s ransom. The bill would be about $470,000, but with cyberinsurance the city would put up only the $10,000 deductible. City leaders didn’t hesitate.
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The Oregon Secretary of State's office released an audit evaluating the cybersecurity of the Department of Administrative Services, making seven recommendations to be fully implemented by 2023.
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The National Governors Association will assist workgroups in identifying and protecting critical infrastructure at all levels of participants' governments during workshops, which will be held between July and December.
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Texas’ securities board recently began a four-week regulatory sweep of crypto-related investment offerings in the state, an effort to proactively clamp down on fraud in the wake of a steep climb in the price of bitcoin.
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