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Ransomware attack hit Pennsylvania Democratic Senators

March 5, 2017/in Computer Security

The Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus was hit with a ransomware attack, locking 16 Democratic senators and their staff out of their computer network.

The attack was discovered on Friday morning; at the time of publishing on Sunday, the site was still down and displayed an “error establishing a database connection” message. The same error displays when trying to view each Democratic senator’s website.

“Officials from the caucus have been in contact with law enforcement to investigate the incident and are working with Microsoft to restore the IT system,” according to a written statement text-messaged to reporters and obtained by The Hill. It was sent via text since the caucus could not use its email. “There is currently no indication that the caucus system was targeted or that any data has been compromised.”

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US report on Democratic hacking was wake-up call for improved cybersecurity – Kansas City Star

December 30, 2016/in Computer Security

US report on Democratic hacking was wake-up call for improved cybersecurity
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It could also result in exposing more attempts at hacking, said Matt Tait, founder of the British security firm Capital Alpha Security. The report warned that Russian cyber agents have targeted a wide range of organizations, including government …

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Guccifer 2.0 takes credit for hacking another Democratic committee

August 13, 2016/in Computer Security

The hacker who claims to have breached the Democratic National Committee’s computers is now taking credit for hacking confidential files from a related campaign group.

Guccifer 2.0 alleged on Friday that he also attacked the servers of the Democractic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). He posted some of the purported files on his blog, and is promising journalists “exclusive materials” if they contact him directly.

Although Guccifer 2.0 claims to be a lone hacktivist, some security experts believe he’s actually a persona created by Russian government hackers who want to influence the U.S. presidential election.

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