cyberattack
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Cyberattack disables Colorado public defender office’s network
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A malware attack on the state public defender’s computer system last week has resulted in the disabling of the office’s network, the office confirmed on Monday. A spokesperson for the Judicial Department said the courts themselves were not affected by the cyberattack. “As a preventative measure, we temporarily disabled our computer network and are working…
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Cyberattack disables Colorado public defender’s network; groups seek cap on property tax revenue growth; lawmakers eye ban on cellphones while driving | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is Feb. 13, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: Two groups at the opposite ends of major tax policies in past years have banded together to push for a ballot measure to reduce residential and business property tax rates down to roughly 2022 levels and cap future revenue growth to no more…
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Polis orders National Guard unit to provide cybersecurity for November election
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Gov. Jared Polis issued an executive order Monday activating a Colorado National Guard unit to assist with statewide cybersecurity during the upcoming election. Under the order, up to nine members of the Guard’s Defensive Cyber Operations Element will train with and assist the Secretary of State’s Office with election cybersecurity defense efforts ahead of Election…
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Colorado web portal back online after ‘foreign’ cyberattack
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The state-run Colorado.gov portal homepage went back online Thursday evening after the state said a cyberattack shut it down. The homepage resumed operations around 6 p.m. Thursday, just over 24 hours after the State Emergency Operations Center said an “anonymous suspected foreign actor” forced it offline. State officials said the attacker also targeted multiple other…
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Officials: Colorado’s election infrastructure not among 39 states’ reportedly hit by Russian cyber attack
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Colorado’s computerized voter system doesn’t appear to have been targeted by Russian hackers who penetrated systems in two states last summer and reportedly tried to access files in dozens of other states before last year’s election, officials with the Colorado secretary of state’s office said Tuesday. While the Colorado system is subject to hundreds of…
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May: Lost in cyberspace
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Cyberespionage is a concern, but cyberwarfare is far more serious Russia’s hacking of the Democratic National Committee was mischievous. Did it change the outcome of the 2016 elections? No evidence suggests that and the intelligence community isn’t claiming that. So those who are may be presumed to have an agenda: to establish the narrative that…
