municipal cyber News

Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Computers of Georgia City Police and Medical Clinic

Robert Purbeck, also known as “Lifelock,” and “Studmaster,” who hacked into the computer servers of the police department of Newnan, Georgia and a medical clinic in Griffin, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to federal charges of computer fraud and abuse, according …

Pennsylvania’s State Courts Restore Website Services Disrupted by Cyber Attack

The Pennsylvania state court system has restored all of its digital platforms that were disrupted by a February 4 cyber attack. In an update, Chief Justice Debra Todd reported that the system’s news, statistics, court opinions and the civics educational …

Bucks County Refused to Pay Ransom to Restore Systems After Cyberattack

Officials in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, said the government refused to negotiate with the hackers claiming responsibility for the cyberattack on January 21 that shut down computer systems and the county never paid any ransom to restore the systems. Instead, the …

Pennsylvania Courts’ Cyber Battle With an ‘Unknown Opponent’ Enters Third Day

Pennsylvania’s court system is in a “virtual battle with an unknown opponent” that attacked and shut down key portions of the courts’ online services last Sunday and then again on Tuesday after they had been restored. After the portions of …

Pennsylvania State Courts Dealing With Cyberattack

Pennsylvania’s court system was hit with a cyberattack on Sunday that shut down access to key online services including those used to file documents with appellate courts and guardianship reports, as well as to view dockets and court summaries on …

Pennsylvania Counties Still Restoring Systems After Cyber Incidents

Two Pennsylvania county governments β€” Bucks and Washingtonβ€” reported some progress this week restoring computer systems and overcoming the effects of cyber incidents. But both still have work to do to return to business-as-usual more than a week after they …

Pennsylvania Counties Dealing With Cyber Incidents

Pennsylvania’s Bucks County reported that it is continuing to investigate a cybersecurity incident that caused an extended outage of the Emergency Communications’ Department’s computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system beginning last Sunday night. The county said all systems are operational and 911 …

File Transfer Data Breach Affected 1.3M People, Maine Reports

The state of Maine has begun notifying people whose personal information was included in a data breach impacting as many as 1.3 million individuals, state officials announced Thursday. The notifications began after the state completed an assessment once they discovered …

Philadelphia Reports Cyber Incident Affecting Email

The city of Philadelphia has released a notice about a cyber incident that occurred in May and July involving personal health information. On May 24, 2023, city officials initially became aware of suspicious activity in its email and launched an …

New Jersey’s Montclair Township Cyber Attack Reported on Election Day

Montclair Township in New Jersey has been hit by a cyber attack, Mayor Sean Spiller reported on June 6. The town was holding a municipal election on June 6. According to the mayor, the attack did not disrupt any voting …