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Suspect a ransomware attack … City of Covington
Posted on 3/11/21 at 7:42 pm
Posted on 3/11/21 at 7:42 pm
Well, supposedly there is a ransomware attack in America every 11 seconds. I guess it's Covington's turn.
Hit early this morning. All systems locked down. State's Cyber Security Alliance (State Police, GOSHEP, New Orleans Field office of Secret Service) on site within 4 hours. LA National Guard restoration team on site tomorrow.
Response from folks I've never heard of pretty impressive.
Anyone have experience with such matters they would like to share?
TIA
Hit early this morning. All systems locked down. State's Cyber Security Alliance (State Police, GOSHEP, New Orleans Field office of Secret Service) on site within 4 hours. LA National Guard restoration team on site tomorrow.
Response from folks I've never heard of pretty impressive.
Anyone have experience with such matters they would like to share?
TIA
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Posted on 3/12/21 at 6:42 am to Fat Man
Only thing for certain is they will likely announce before noon that it was the fault of some contractor.
So far (hopefully continues for another 15 years or so until retirement), I've never had any of my client's systems breached (that I'm aware of).
So far (hopefully continues for another 15 years or so until retirement), I've never had any of my client's systems breached (that I'm aware of).
Posted on 3/12/21 at 7:16 am to dakarx
I'm pretty sure that's not going to happen. I am "they." … 
I've been forwarding 1 or 2 attempted-hack e-mails to IT every week for the past few months. Some looked pretty legit. It was only a matter of time before an employee clicked.
I'm not really looking back at the how, more so towards where do I go from here.
State Police teamed with State Homeland security and N.O. Field office secret service were on site by noon yesterday. National Guard Recovery Team arriving this morning.
I've been forwarding 1 or 2 attempted-hack e-mails to IT every week for the past few months. Some looked pretty legit. It was only a matter of time before an employee clicked.
I'm not really looking back at the how, more so towards where do I go from here.
State Police teamed with State Homeland security and N.O. Field office secret service were on site by noon yesterday. National Guard Recovery Team arriving this morning.
Posted on 3/12/21 at 7:35 am to Fat Man
My company was the subject of an attempted ransomware attack.
Cybersecurity team was on it immediately, we failed over to our DR site, purged the ransomware and came back.
Cybersecurity team was on it immediately, we failed over to our DR site, purged the ransomware and came back.
Posted on 3/12/21 at 8:24 am to Fat Man
Here's a legit question for the IT folks here.
We've all been working at home for over a year now. Obviously, we all have our own wifi, but log into the centralized network as needed (a couple of times a day to upload/download the files I need (I don't stay logged in because the simple act of logging in slows my internet speed to 1/3 of it's normal capacity). My guess is the current decentralized nature of the networks and wifi should minimize the damage of any ransomware attack we might face (so long as I'm not logged in when the script is triggered)?
Good assumption or bad?
We've all been working at home for over a year now. Obviously, we all have our own wifi, but log into the centralized network as needed (a couple of times a day to upload/download the files I need (I don't stay logged in because the simple act of logging in slows my internet speed to 1/3 of it's normal capacity). My guess is the current decentralized nature of the networks and wifi should minimize the damage of any ransomware attack we might face (so long as I'm not logged in when the script is triggered)?
Good assumption or bad?
Posted on 3/12/21 at 9:08 am to Lonnie Utah
( just a guess )
But I'm thinking with so many points of access it's probably easier to place a piece of malware on (one of the many) at home systems than broach a somewhat more robust firewall at the main office. However a persistent hacker is only limited by his patience before moving on to his next target.
But I'm thinking with so many points of access it's probably easier to place a piece of malware on (one of the many) at home systems than broach a somewhat more robust firewall at the main office. However a persistent hacker is only limited by his patience before moving on to his next target.
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