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The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation has been awarded a $37.5 million contract to support cybersecurity and infrastructure through their non-gaming investment arm Command Holdings.
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Suffolk County will begin notifying nearly 26,000 county employees that their Social Security numbers may have been exposed in the cyberattack in September.
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A memo obtained by Newsday offers the most in-depth look yet at Suffolk County’s cyberattackin September that has stymied many local government functions.
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Suffolk County’s plan to outfit police officers with body cameras was halted because of the cybersecurity intrusion, according to a lawyer in Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone’s office.
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The Suffolk County Clerk’s office raised red flags about cybersecurity threats months before the attack in September that crashed the county government computer networks.
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Suffolk County election officials say there was no connection between a cybersecurity attack this summer and a two-hour delay in processing ballots on Election Day.
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Suffolk County legislators voted 14 to 4 to pass a $3.7 billion budget on Wednesday.
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In his 2023 budget plan, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone wants to spend more money on cybersecurity and policing.
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Negotiations for stronger cyber security policies are underway between Suffolk County and a union that represents approximately 6,000 of its workers.
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The military lifestyle makes service members and veterans more likely to face cybertheft and scams due to frequent moves, long deployments overseas, and access to regular government paychecks.