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LA State Computers Hacked (Confirmed)
Posted on 11/18/19 at 3:13 pm
Posted on 11/18/19 at 3:13 pm
BATON ROUGE - An investigation is underway after some sort of hack forced state computer network officials to disconnect Louisiana government from the internet Monday.
Among the services impacted by the computer outage were driver's license and other DMV business, document filing for food stamps and email communication with most people on the Louisiana network. The websites of most state agencies were also off-line Monday.
Some state employees were sent home early because work was not able to be conducted.
State officials said the government computer network was accessed by someone and something from outside the network in an apparent hack but by Monday afternoon were confident private information was safe.
No records were compromised, authorities told WBRZ, and believed tax information, healthcare records and other forms of data held by the state related to citizens was not in jeopardy.
Computers were disconnected from the internet and some employees told WBRZ they were instructed to power computers off.
WBRZ
Among the services impacted by the computer outage were driver's license and other DMV business, document filing for food stamps and email communication with most people on the Louisiana network. The websites of most state agencies were also off-line Monday.
Some state employees were sent home early because work was not able to be conducted.
State officials said the government computer network was accessed by someone and something from outside the network in an apparent hack but by Monday afternoon were confident private information was safe.
No records were compromised, authorities told WBRZ, and believed tax information, healthcare records and other forms of data held by the state related to citizens was not in jeopardy.
Computers were disconnected from the internet and some employees told WBRZ they were instructed to power computers off.
WBRZ
This post was edited on 11/18/19 at 4:10 pm
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Posted on 11/18/19 at 3:16 pm to LSUWoodworker
quote:None of the customers at the DMV could tell until after Noon.
Among the services impacted by the computer outage were driver's license and other DMV business
Posted on 11/18/19 at 3:17 pm to LSUWoodworker
This is different from state government on an average day how?
Posted on 11/18/19 at 3:20 pm to teke184
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This is different from state government on an average day how?
The Monday after a close election. Hmmm....
Posted on 11/18/19 at 3:20 pm to LSUWoodworker
Ironically the election results website from SOS is down as well. Russian meddling in our elections. I demand an investigation.
Posted on 11/18/19 at 3:20 pm to teke184
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This is different from state government on an average day how?
On an average day, they're too incompetent to notice the Chinese stealing your info.
Posted on 11/18/19 at 3:23 pm to TigerstuckinMS
Word I’m hearing is that a state contractor did something by accident that ended up exposing the state network.
Posted on 11/18/19 at 3:28 pm to LSUWoodworker
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State officials said the government computer network was accessed by someone and something from outside the network.
Posted on 11/18/19 at 3:29 pm to teke184
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Word I’m hearing is that a state contractor did something by accident that ended up exposing the state network.
I'd guess they clicked a link in an email.
Posted on 11/18/19 at 3:29 pm to Box Geauxrilla
No, I’m hearing they had a VPN up coming from their system into the state’s system that got compromised.
Posted on 11/18/19 at 3:29 pm to LSUWoodworker
That could explain the 40000 under votes in the governor’s race. Should I really believe that many people only voted for governor and nothing else on the ballot?
Posted on 11/18/19 at 3:29 pm to crewdepoo
State employees I know in the tech field
Posted on 11/18/19 at 3:33 pm to teke184
I am hearing rumblings of ransomware and is being kept very hushed......
Posted on 11/18/19 at 3:35 pm to LSUWoodworker
I’ve heard similar, though no word on whether the data actually got encoded.
Posted on 11/18/19 at 3:36 pm to crewdepoo
Louisiana just got hit with one of the most sophisticated Ransomware attacks around. The Shadow Kill Hackers are trying to extort the state with a amount of a rumored $20 million dollars.
Believed to be the same folks who shut down Baltimore, Johannesburg, Tallahassee, Albany, and several other cities over the last two years. If it is be prepared for a prolonged shutdown.
Believed to be the same folks who shut down Baltimore, Johannesburg, Tallahassee, Albany, and several other cities over the last two years. If it is be prepared for a prolonged shutdown.
This post was edited on 11/18/19 at 3:40 pm
Posted on 11/18/19 at 3:41 pm to MrLSU
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Believed to be the same folks who shut down Baltimore, Johannesburg, Tallahassee, Albany, and several other cities over the last two years. If it is be prepared for a prolonged shutdown.
They should be good so long as backups weren’t compromised. It’s going to be a PITA tho.
Posted on 11/18/19 at 3:41 pm to MrLSU
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Baltimore, Johannesburg, Tallahassee, Albany
Posted on 11/18/19 at 3:42 pm to BeepNode
This assumes the backup archives didn’t get controlled as well.
The amount of data these days is really too large to be doing tape backup or any other traditional physical backup as opposed to transmission over the network.
If the network is compromised and they gained control of everything before showing their hands, it could all be fricked.
The amount of data these days is really too large to be doing tape backup or any other traditional physical backup as opposed to transmission over the network.
If the network is compromised and they gained control of everything before showing their hands, it could all be fricked.
Posted on 11/18/19 at 3:43 pm to MrLSU
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extort the state with a amount of a rumored $20 million dollars.
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