This isn’t a good look. The L.A. County Courts, as in all of them, have been shut down because they were hit with a pretty devastating ransomware attack:
The attack was detected Friday and doesn’t appear to be related to the CrowdStrike software update that paralyzed Windows computers around the world and affected governments, airlines and other agencies last week, court officials said in a Sunday news release.
This closure extended to all 36 courthouses in the county, and officials did not expect it to last beyond Monday.
“While the Court continues to move swiftly towards a restoration and recovery phase, many critical systems remain offline as of Sunday evening,” presiding Judge Samantha Jessner said in the release. “One additional day will enable the court’s team of experts to focus exclusively on bringing our systems back online so that the Court can resume operations as expeditiously, smoothly and safely as possible.”
The affected court systems span the My Jury Duty Portal and the court’s website, as well as the court’s case management systems, according to the release.
Rogier Fischer, CEO, Hadrian had this to say:
It was prudent from the court’s side to clarify that the whole incident is unrelated to the Crowdstrike-Microsoft incident, noted Rogier Fischer, CEO of Netherlands-based cybersecurity company Hadrian.”Apart from the legal obligations, it becomes a moral obligation of the key stakeholders of a cybersecurity incident to clear the air and shut the possibilities of any form of miscommunication,” he said.According to him, organizations hit by a ransomware attack must immediately execute these basic defense steps: isolate the infected systems and notify the respective IT department, senior management, and relevant authorities such as the FBI or CISA.”Investigate the scope of the attack, document your actions, and carefully decide whether to pay the ransom, consulting legal counsel and cybersecurity experts. Finally, restore systems from clean backups, implement stronger security measures, and communicate transparently with stakeholders while reviewing the incident to improve future responses,” he added.
It appears that even the justice system isn’t immune from cybercrime. Thus it reinforces that everyone needs to take action to make cybercrime less devastating than it is now.
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L.A. County Courts Pwned In Ransomware Attack
This isn’t a good look. The L.A. County Courts, as in all of them, have been shut down because they were hit with a pretty devastating ransomware attack:
The attack was detected Friday and doesn’t appear to be related to the CrowdStrike software update that paralyzed Windows computers around the world and affected governments, airlines and other agencies last week, court officials said in a Sunday news release.
This closure extended to all 36 courthouses in the county, and officials did not expect it to last beyond Monday.
“While the Court continues to move swiftly towards a restoration and recovery phase, many critical systems remain offline as of Sunday evening,” presiding Judge Samantha Jessner said in the release. “One additional day will enable the court’s team of experts to focus exclusively on bringing our systems back online so that the Court can resume operations as expeditiously, smoothly and safely as possible.”
The affected court systems span the My Jury Duty Portal and the court’s website, as well as the court’s case management systems, according to the release.
Rogier Fischer, CEO, Hadrian had this to say:
It was prudent from the court’s side to clarify that the whole incident is unrelated to the Crowdstrike-Microsoft incident, noted Rogier Fischer, CEO of Netherlands-based cybersecurity company Hadrian.”Apart from the legal obligations, it becomes a moral obligation of the key stakeholders of a cybersecurity incident to clear the air and shut the possibilities of any form of miscommunication,” he said.According to him, organizations hit by a ransomware attack must immediately execute these basic defense steps: isolate the infected systems and notify the respective IT department, senior management, and relevant authorities such as the FBI or CISA.”Investigate the scope of the attack, document your actions, and carefully decide whether to pay the ransom, consulting legal counsel and cybersecurity experts. Finally, restore systems from clean backups, implement stronger security measures, and communicate transparently with stakeholders while reviewing the incident to improve future responses,” he added.
It appears that even the justice system isn’t immune from cybercrime. Thus it reinforces that everyone needs to take action to make cybercrime less devastating than it is now.
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