According to sources, Hamden government (a Government organization in Connecticut) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2022-10-04.
Source 1 | 2022-10-04
“A May 26 cybersecurity event that compromised the town’s information technology system and affected government email for weeks is expected to cost the town roughly $500,000.“
“The funds cover legal expenses, a forensics investigation, consultation services, a multi-factor authentication upgrade, security awareness training and increased storage space, according to a memorandum Mayor Lauren Garrett sent the Legislative Council. Much of the money was needed to get Hamden’s system “fully operational again,” said town Constituent Services Manager Brian Murphy, who has played a leading role in the IT recovery. But the work also created a network that is far more secure than it was, he said.“
“Town officials believe an unauthorized user exploited a vulnerability in Hamden’s virtual network in May, Murphy said. The weak point in Hamden’s system was known as a Log4j vulnerability, he said.“
“The town’s virtual servers were encrypted during the incident, causing them to lose functionality, according to Murphy, who said it appears the user did not take any data from the system. Even though Hamden’s data was backed up, Murphy said, getting the system up and running has been a long process and is only just nearing its end after more than four months. The town had to rebuild the network from the data it had, Murphy said.“
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