Iranians are trying. And hopefully state, county, and municipal agencies are on full alert.
Texas Governor Abbott has noticed:
None of the attempted attacks — which probed for weaknesses that would let hackers gather data, deny access to a website or post messages on a site — tracked by state officials were successful, said Abbott and Amanda Crawford, head of the Texas Department of Information Resources.
However, the Texas Department of Agriculture website was briefly defaced Tuesday with a photo of Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian general who was killed Friday in a U.S. drone strike, by a self-described “Iranian Hacker.” Similar attacks were reported in other states.
Hardly a week goes by in which we don't hear about some entity -- a company, government agency, municipality, hospital, etc. -- getting hacked or subjected to malware, ransomware, or something else. We all need to keep out software up to date and protected. Oh, and we should keep our fingers crossed just in case that particular gesture actually works.
Links:
Texas facing 10,000 potential cybersecurity attacks from Iran per minute, Abbott says;
Governor Greg Abbott Reports Rise In Attempted Cyber Attacks On Texas;
Abbott: Cyberattacks increase from inside Iran;
Morning Greatness: Iran Launches Hype Missile Attack on U.S. Military Bases in Iraq.
P.S. It would be nice if the U.S. could put some malware of its own in the Iranian government computers.
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11:35 AM 1/8/2020
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