Ransomware attack impacts Texas Department of Transportation

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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-attack-impacts-texas-department-of-transportation/

A new ransomware attack is affecting the Texas government. This time, hackers got into the network of the state’s Department of Transportation (TxDOT).

Less than a week ago, on May 8, the Texas court system was the victim of the same type of attack, which resulted in servers being taken offline to prevent malware from spreading on the network.

Ransomware attack impacts Texas Department of Transportation

A new ransomware attack is affecting the Texas government. This time, hackers got into the network of the state's Department of Transportation (TxDOT).

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Social distancing is no excuse not to maintain the systems or slack off. Zero sympathy. Just a dim kind of annoyance at the persistent ineptitude and incompetence gleaned from these weekly hard-luck stories. Two successful attacks in a week's time. Ridiculous. No lesson learned from past attacks, it seems.

It's the public taxpayer who pays the price--the ones dependent on these affected services. As usual.

 

[Cortex]

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'In a brief announcement on social media, TxDOT said that it detected the attack on Thursday, May 14, after finding unauthorized access to the agency’s network. Further examination determined that the event was part of a ransomware incident'

I wonder what bright spark worked that out & how long it took??