According to sources, Stowe Clerk's Office (a Government organization in Vermont) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2023-02-03.
Source 1 | 2023-02-03
“Two separate cyberattacks in recent months continue to wreak havoc in Stowe’s town hall. The Stowe town clerk’s office is slowly regaining the ability to access online land records dating back to the end of World War II, after a holiday cyberattack on Cott Systems, which contracts with dozens of Vermont towns and more than 20 other states to manage their records. “
“Walker, the town clerk, said the cyberattack on Cott Systems wasn’t as potentially damaging as the phishing attempt in the finance office, because the hacker was not directly attacking the town clerk’s land record system. “
“Not everything is back online yet, but what is not there can still likely be found in the vault, she said. For some of the older real estate agents it was a cinch, perhaps even a nostalgia trip, to delve back into the town vault in search of a document, Walker said. But for the most part, she added, it was a headache. “
“Walker said the Cott investigators have been in constant communication with her office, sending an email summary every evening at 6 p.m., seven days a week, “even if it’s bad news.” “They’ve had a month of chaos trying to build all that back up,” she said. “
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