Category: Cybersecurity News
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Cybersecurity Incident Shuts Down New Jersey Schools – BankInfoSecurity
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Thousands of Students Forced to Stay Home Amid Cybersecurity Incident Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • January 29, 2024 The Freehold Township School District in New Jersey was closed Monday due to a cybersecurity incident. (Image: Shutterstock) Thousands of students in New Jersey were unable to attend school Monday…
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Freehold Township NJ schools closed after ‘cybersecurity event’ – Asbury Park Press
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – School administrators are investigating a cybersecurity incident that forced the district’s schools and offices to close on Monday, officials said.Assistant Superintendent Dianne Martello Brethauer, assistant superintendent for Freehold Township Schools said on the social media platform X Sunday night that schools would be closed for the day due to “technical difficulties related…
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Bucks County officials believe ‘Akira’ is behind cyber incident that’s impacting 911 dispatch system
BUCKS COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — A cybersecurity incident that’s impacting the 911 system in Bucks County remains under investigation.Officials believe the ransomware group “Akira” is behind the attack.In a letter to police, fire and EMS chiefs last week, the county said all phone and radio systems remain operational.However, dispatchers are reportedly using pen and paper…
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Cybersecurity ‘incident’ causes Fulton County IT outage affecting multiple government …
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – A cybersecurity “incident” over the weekend caused a widespread system outage for the Fulton County government that continues impacting government services Monday, according to Robb Pitts, chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners.Pitts said the county’s phone system, the court system and the tax system are among the…
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BREAKING: Fulton County has cyber breach – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The resulting outage affected “a number of our primary technology platforms,” including phones in offices countywide, the court system and the tax system, he said.Pitts said he didn’t know when those functions would be restored.County External Affairs Director Jessica Corbitt said officials wouldn’t answer further questions Monday.“There’s a lot we will not be able to…
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Fulton County offices, libraries hit by ‘cyber security incident’ causing outages – FOX 5 Atlanta
Fulton County IT outage outage affects taxes In Fulton County, a major technology mishap is creating a headache for residents. The IT outage reportedly affected multiple systems, like property taxes and some e-filing technology. <!–> FULTON COUNTY, Ga. – Fulton County experienced an “unexpected county-wide IT outage” on Monday morning, according to officials. –> According…
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Officials: Cybersecurity incident closes 8 elementary, middle schools in Freehold Township
Jan 29, 2024, 3:09amUpdated 37m agoParents in Freehold Township are waiting to hear from the school district whether or not their children will be allowed to go to school on Tuesday. Students stayed home on Monday after eight schools were targeted by computer hackers.The Barkalow Middle School is one of those that sat empty. School…
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Fulton County government investigating cyberattack after system outages, officials say – 11Alive.com
Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts said the incident is under investigation. FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Fulton County announced a cyberattack caused a widespread government system outage. During a press conference on Monday afternoon, Pitts said that the Fulton County government learned about the outage over the weekend. He said that they could confirm the…
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Bucks County has identified culprits in cyber security attack. What we know – PhillyBurbs
Bucks County has identified a ransomware called “Akira” as the cause of a cyber security incident that has affected the county’s Emergency Communications Department for more than a week.”All 911 phone and radio systems remain operational as the county makes progress restoring the computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system,” county Communications Director Eric Nagy stated on the…
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New Jersey School District Shut Down by Cyberattack – Dark Reading
On Jan. 28, the Freehold Township School District informed its staff, families, and students that its schools and offices would be closed today due to a cybersecurity incident.School officials said that because of the incident, the district, located in Freehold, N.J., was experiencing technical difficulties and that it is working with third-party cybersecurity experts to…