

Several dozen OIT employees and an unknown number of CDOT workers are working on the SamSam issue. The agencies have reached out to other security companies and are also getting help from the FBI and the National Guard. Simmons said security officials continue to work around the clock to contain the new variant and recover damaged files. Critical transportation systems, like road alerts or CoTrip, were not affected. CDOT employees began using personal devices for email or accessing shared documents through Google.
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Only back-office and internal computer systems using Windows software were impacted.

21 after discovering the SamSam variant had locked computer files and demanded bitcoin for a their safe return. The state said it did not pay hackers a cent nor does it plan to.
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The agency took 2,000 CDOT employee computers offline on Feb. And sure enough, the variant of SamSam ransomware just keeps changing,” Simmons said.

“We had 20 percent of the computers up and running when our security tools detected malicious activity. The original attack, a variant of the malicious SamSam ransomware, has morphed into something new and reinfected CDOT computers that had been cleaned, said Brandi Simmons, a spokeswoman for the state’s Office of Information Technology. Police shoot pit bull with jaw locked around throat of small dog after trying to stop it with a Taser | FOX31 Denver (kdvr.Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close MenuĪs state security officials mopped up ransomware that attacked Colorado Department of Transportation computers last week, malware struck again Thursday. Scientists Create Holograms That You Can Touch ()Į-cigs: FDA "authorized" is not "FDA approved" "Gender-affirming" care now mandated in some Colorado health insurance plansĬolorado expands gender-affirming care essential benefits on certain insurance plans () The most expensive (missing) apostrophe ever?Īustralian Court to Deliberate the World’s Most Expensive Apostrophe ()įlorida Woman Allegedly Hacked Flight System, Cleared Unsafe Aircraft to Fly (msn.com) Remember "low-dose aspirin" to prevent heart attacks? Never mind. The state agency that's tasked with making sure we can get where we need to go will now sometimes do just the opposite thanks to radical environmentalist lunacy.ĬDOT's greenhouse gas rules aim to battle roads' climate impact () Internet goes crazy over Kamala Harris space video using child actors: 'Better than VEEP' | Fox News This is how little faith the administration has in Kamala Harris' people skills We'll talk with him about why there seem to be so many successful ransomware attacks despite the prevalence of anti-virus software and employees dedicated to network security. Jaime Coreano is an expert in cyber security (and VP at Flexxon). I urge you to support him as well as Danielle Jurinsky. Is it my imagination or does the child in the blog picture seem to recognize Kamala Harris as fake and creepy? Today's Guestsĭustin Zvonek is running for Aurora City Council.
