According to sources, California Department of Finance (a Government organization in California) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2022-12-12.
Source 1 | 2022-12-12
“California’s Department of Finance was hit by a cyberattack and multiple state agencies are responding in coordination with the California Cybersecurity Integration Center. The state Office of Emergency Services is investigating the incident and is working to contain the impact and mitigate future vulnerabilities, according to a statement released Monday.“
“The LockBit ransomware group listed the state’s finance department on its leak site Monday and claims it stole 76 GB of data from the department, including databases, financial documents, court filings and IT documents, according to Brett Callow, threat analyst at Emsisoft“
“California officials said the attack was proactively identified and “no state funds have been compromised,” but declined to provide further details. “
““LockBit has falsely claimed attacks on organizations before, so this claim shouldn’t be assumed to be accurate. Nor should it be assumed that any data they did obtain is as described,” Callow said via email. “
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