cybersecurity

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) urged the Department of Health and Human Services to provide relief aid to health care providers in Connecticut following a cyberattack in February that rendered payment systems inoperable.

A report from New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli found cybercrime increased 53% between 2016 and 2022, ranking third in the nation for ransomware attacks and data breaches.

Officials in the city of New Haven, Connecticut say more than $6 million was stolen from the public school system in multiple cyberattacks earlier this summer.

A ninth state of emergency declaration has been issued in Suffolk County tied to a ransomware attack from September 8, 2022. But some county legislators say enough is enough.

Suffolk County's special investigative committee held its first public meeting looking into last year's cyberattack on county computers.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced the county has completed the forensic examination into the Sept. 8 cyberattack.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced that the county can restore online services after resolving a cyberattack that began in December 2021.

Suffolk County Comptroller John Kennedy said more than 200 taxpayers were mistakenly sent tax arrears notices because of a software problem.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said the cyberattack that has plagued the county for the last four months started much sooner — as early as December of last year.

Four Republicans and two Democrats will make up a special committee with subpoena powers to investigate how a malware attack disabled Suffolk County government computer systems this fall.