2 New Jersey hospital emergency rooms closed due to ransomware attack
Both hospitals are part of the Hackensack Meridian Health system – Pascack Valey Medical Center in Westwood, New Jersey, and Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair.
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Dallas municipal court building closed as ransomware recovery continues
Dallas’ municipal court building is closed this week as impacts from a ransomware attack 19 days ago have stopped hearings, trials and jury duty, and blocked the city from accepting nearly all forms of citation payments.
An online notice on the city’s court and detention services website Monday said the municipal court building at 2014 Main Street isn’t planned to reopen until May 30. People can mail in payments for citations or documents, but they won’t be processed until after the court’s system is restored.
The building remained open in the two weeks since the May 3 ransomware attack to provide general information on citations while the system was down. All hearings that were scheduled since May 3 will be rescheduled, and people haven’t been able to make payments in person, online or by phone.
The court hears cases for people accused of violations, including city ordinances, traffic infractions and class C misdemeanors. Warrants can be issued for people who don’t pay fines and fees collected by the court.
The city said new court dates will be mailed once the system is restored.
Swiss Airspace Closed After Computer Glitch, Flights Grounded
Flights have been grounded in several airports.
Geneva:
Swiss airspace was closed on Wednesday after a computer glitch with the air traffic control system grounded flights at the country’s main airports, officials said.
“Swiss airspace is closed to traffic for security reasons after computer failure with Skyguide, the Swiss air traffic control service,” Skyguide said in a statement.
It did not give any details about the computer crash, but said it “regrets this incident and its consequences for the clients, partners and passengers of Geneva and Zurich airports and is working flat out to find a solution.”
Earlier, Geneva’s airport said in a tweet that it was grounding all of its flights until 11 am (0900 GMT) because of the computer failure.
The Swiss news agency ATS-Keystone said international flights to Switzerland were being re-routed to Milan.
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Neenah schools remain closed following cyber security issue
NEENAH (NBC 26) — For the second day in a row, schools within the Neenah Joint School District will remain closed Wednesday due to a cyber security situation affecting the district.
Neenah schools closed Tuesday as the investigation into the IT security incident continues. Mary Pfeiffer, Neenah Joint School District superintendent, said a potential unauthorized access to the school data system caused an outage to the district’s internet, phone systems and several software applications.
At this time, Pfeiffer said they don’t believe confidential or personal information has been compromised.
Teachers spent Tuesday creating non-digital lesson plans, a challenge when a lot of that information is on the district’s server.
“In March of 2020, we shifted our staff to all virtual – at least for a short period of time – and now we’re telling them, ‘no more technology,” Pfeiffer said. “It’s been an incredible year. Another incredible year. And now to have to pivot one more time for something that we didn’t have control of, that can be pretty frustrating.”
Michael Patton, director of the Cybersecurity Center of Excellence at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, doesn’t have direct knowledge of this investigation, but said a concern in this type of situation would be that data is taken. He said access to an organization’s server can happen with just one click on a faulty link or video.
“Whatever you open has as much access to your work computer as you do. They get to do things essentially as you,” Patton said. “Your organization may have permissions in their network that allow for you to share things across computers. So the bad actors would leverage that sharing capability, and move throughout your network and infect lots of other things.”
That’s why Patton said it’s best to separate work and personal.
“Maybe we want to check our Facebook or do some online shopping. Just recognize that if you’re doing that from your work machine, that could allow whatever mistakes you make into your work space,” Patton said.
He added people should always be vigilant and skeptical about things they open online.
The Neenah Joint School District is working to restore phone and internet access for…