New York county still dealing with ransomware 8 months later • The Register
New York county still dealing with ransomware eight months after attack
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iconBrandon Vigliarolo
Mon 29 May 2023 // 06:30 UTC
SECURITY IN BRIEF The fallout from an eight-month-old cyber attack on a county in Long Island, New York has devolved into mud-slinging as leaders try to figure out just what is going on.
Suffolk County was hit with a ransomware attack in early September 2022, which led county executive Steve Bellone to issue nine separate emergency declarations, Long Island publication Newsday said – the most recent of which was enacted earlier this month.
Bellone's detractors don't believe the state of emergency needs to continue, however, and county legislators have introduced a resolution to terminate the continued declarations. In Suffolk County, a state of emergency gives executives the ability to issue no-bid contracts and hire staff without legislative approval.
Bellone used those powers in December to suspend Suffolk County clerk IT director Peter Schlusser without pay, with Bellone and his team placing much of the blame for the intrusion and accompanying $2.5 million ransom demand on the clerk office's shoulders.
8 comment bubble on white
Also: iSpoof no more, Edmodo fined more than it can pay, UK is #1 (in CC theft), and the week's critical vulns
iconBrandon Vigliarolo
Mon 29 May 2023 // 06:30 UTC
SECURITY IN BRIEF The fallout from an eight-month-old cyber attack on a county in Long Island, New York has devolved into mud-slinging as leaders try to figure out just what is going on.
Suffolk County was hit with a ransomware attack in early September 2022, which led county executive Steve Bellone to issue nine separate emergency declarations, Long Island publication Newsday said – the most recent of which was enacted earlier this month.
Bellone's detractors don't believe the state of emergency needs to continue, however, and county legislators have introduced a resolution to terminate the continued declarations. In Suffolk County, a state of emergency gives executives the ability to issue no-bid contracts and hire staff without legislative approval.
Bellone used those powers in December to suspend Suffolk County clerk IT director Peter Schlusser without pay, with Bellone and his team placing much of the blame for the intrusion and accompanying $2.5 million ransom demand on the clerk office's shoulders.
