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Madison County Servers - HELD RANSOM

Started by Palehorse, November 05, 2016, 11:17:47 PM

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Locutus

#60
December 06, 2016, 06:56:10 PM
Quote from: Palehorse on December 06, 2016, 06:51:18 PM
And the costs keep mounting over this incident, with an article in todays paper Indicating that the town has spent $200k thus far over it; and they still aren't back to normal yet!  :mad:

Where are the excess dollars outside of the dollars spent on the ransom going?
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Palehorse

#61
December 06, 2016, 08:17:06 PM
Quote from: Locutus on December 06, 2016, 06:56:10 PM
Where are the excess dollars outside of the dollars spent on the ransom going?

I don't really know. I assume for OT for techs to try to recover files and software or programs to eliminate a repeat?

I cannot read the story because the fish wrap wants me to pay for a subscription to read it. And I won't pay for the hard copy so why would I pay for an electronic copy?  :rolleyes:
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Palehorse

#62
December 07, 2016, 02:22:29 PM
ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) - A computer hack demanding a ransom is ending up costing Madison County nearly $200,000.

The (Anderson) Herald Bulletin reports that commissioners on Tuesday approved contracts providing for off-site data storage, firewall protection and a backup court system. County officials say those three contracts is $198,180. That's in addition to a $21,000 ransom paid to obtain encryption keys and get control of the county computers from the hackers.

Lisa Cannon, director of the IT Department, said the ransomware attack affected 600 personal computers and up to 75 servers. Workers spent weeks restoring the central Indiana county's government computer system after the Nov. 4 hack. They had to restore links between the computer software and county files that were broken.
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Locutus

#63
December 07, 2016, 02:54:00 PM
I'm surprised the commissioners didn't come after the IT director's head.  It doesn't sound like they had even basic backup systems in place prior to the attack. 
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

parkerdivine

#64
December 07, 2016, 04:33:50 PM
Quote from: Locutus on December 07, 2016, 02:54:00 PM
I'm surprised the commissioners didn't come after the IT director's head.  It doesn't sound like they had even basic backup systems in place prior to the attack.

In Madison County, that IT guy was someone's father, son, uncle, brother....it's grossly corrupt in this county.

Locutus

#65
December 07, 2016, 04:36:24 PM
Well that's probably why they survived the debacle. ;D
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

parkerdivine

#66
December 07, 2016, 04:37:59 PM
Quote from: Locutus on December 07, 2016, 04:36:24 PM
Well that's probably why they survived the debacle. ;D

;D :yes: ;)

Palehorse

#67
December 07, 2016, 09:41:53 PM
Quote from: Locutus on December 07, 2016, 02:54:00 PM
I'm surprised the commissioners didn't come after the IT director's head.  It doesn't sound like they had even basic backup systems in place prior to the attack.

Oh they had back up alright. Internal servers were used and those were held ransom along with everything else they broke the links to.

Fact is this county has not budgeted for external backup in the annual budget because it is too busy trying to figure out how to keep their respective pet projects funded and still give themselves a raise with a dwindling tax base.

That is likely why the IT Director kept her job. I'd bet she was squalling over the risk it represented for as long as she has been in the position, and it fell on deaf ears. They fire her she'll just let the media know all about it and watch the feds take them to court over her unjust separation. (Costing even more tax dollars).

They're going to hike the trash fees again to pay for it. And maybe the sewer charges as well. . .  :mad:
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Y

#68
January 20, 2017, 02:24:18 PM
Quote from: Palehorse on December 07, 2016, 02:22:29 PM
Lisa Cannon, director of the IT Department

Yeah, here's the IT director.   :rolleyes:

http://www.heraldbulletin.com/news/local_news/county-council-member-charged-with-owi/article_4b737893-e7d5-56a8-9386-ad00e8ffbf1d.html

County Council member charged with OWI

    By Ken de la Bastide
    The Herald Bulletin Aug 11, 2014

Phillips-Cannon, 48, of Anderson was arrested by the Alexandria Police Department on Sunday morning on charges of operating while intoxicated endangering another person and operating a vehicle while intoxicated. She was released from the Madison County Detention Center 13 hours later after posting a $5,000 bond.

Phillips-Cannon, a Republican, was elected to an at-large position on the Madison County Council in 2012.

Phillips-Cannon was arrested by the Madison County Sheriff's Department in March 2010 on a misdemeanor charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

Madison County Prosecutor Rodney Cummings said Phillips-Cannon went through a deferral program. He said she went through a treatment program in lieu of a criminal charge.

He said the most current arrest is considered her first offense.

Phillips-Cannon has worked for Madison County since 1987, first in the Madison County assessor's office and currently as the network administrator for the county's technology department.

And the last I heard on the news is that Madison County tried to hide the fact of the payment(s).
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Palehorse

#69
January 20, 2017, 03:19:36 PM
Quote from: Y on January 20, 2017, 02:24:18 PM
Yeah, here's the IT director.   :rolleyes:

http://www.heraldbulletin.com/news/local_news/county-council-member-charged-with-owi/article_4b737893-e7d5-56a8-9386-ad00e8ffbf1d.html

County Council member charged with OWI

    By Ken de la Bastide
    The Herald Bulletin Aug 11, 2014

Phillips-Cannon, 48, of Anderson was arrested by the Alexandria Police Department on Sunday morning on charges of operating while intoxicated endangering another person and operating a vehicle while intoxicated. She was released from the Madison County Detention Center 13 hours later after posting a $5,000 bond.

Phillips-Cannon, a Republican, was elected to an at-large position on the Madison County Council in 2012.

Phillips-Cannon was arrested by the Madison County Sheriff's Department in March 2010 on a misdemeanor charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

Madison County Prosecutor Rodney Cummings said Phillips-Cannon went through a deferral program. He said she went through a treatment program in lieu of a criminal charge.

He said the most current arrest is considered her first offense.

Phillips-Cannon has worked for Madison County since 1987, first in the Madison County assessor's office and currently as the network administrator for the county's technology department.

And the last I heard on the news is that Madison County tried to hide the fact of the payment(s).

Well, well,well. . .  :rolleyes:
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Y

#70
January 20, 2017, 03:35:49 PM
Yup, and notice she's a Repug and was an elected county official at the time, and was allowed a deferral on her first charge so that her last charge was 'considered a first offense' from a Repug prosecutor.

I haven't been able to track it down, but there was a local member of the so-called 'Tennessee Mafia' - one Cal Cannon - who was in the 'amusement' business (locals know what that implies - gambling), and I've wondered if there are matrimonial ties.
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Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.  ;)

"You've probably noticed that opinion pollsters go out of their way to include as many morons as possible in surveys ... I think it's dangerous to inform morons about what their fellow morons are thinking. It only reinforces their opinions. And the one thing worse than a moron with an opinion is lots of them." -- Scott Adams

In other words: Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.  ;)

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair

"Hitler is gone, but if the majority of our fellow citizens are more susceptible to the slogans of fear and race hatred than to those of peaceful accommodation and mutual respect among human beings, our political liberties remain at the mercy of any eloquent and unscrupulous demagogue." -- S. I. Hayakawa

Y

#71
January 20, 2017, 03:57:45 PM
Some interesting reading involving Cal and son Larry and many others:

http://law.justia.com/cases/indiana/court-of-appeals/1993/27a04-9112-cv-412-7.html
©  Whamma-Jamma - all rights reserved

Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.  ;)

"You've probably noticed that opinion pollsters go out of their way to include as many morons as possible in surveys ... I think it's dangerous to inform morons about what their fellow morons are thinking. It only reinforces their opinions. And the one thing worse than a moron with an opinion is lots of them." -- Scott Adams

In other words: Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.  ;)

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair

"Hitler is gone, but if the majority of our fellow citizens are more susceptible to the slogans of fear and race hatred than to those of peaceful accommodation and mutual respect among human beings, our political liberties remain at the mercy of any eloquent and unscrupulous demagogue." -- S. I. Hayakawa

Palehorse

#72
January 20, 2017, 04:38:05 PM
Holy hell. . .  :spooked:
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That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

Y

#73
January 20, 2017, 04:53:10 PM
That's the type of corruption we've repeatedly dealt with around here.
©  Whamma-Jamma - all rights reserved

Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.  ;)

"You've probably noticed that opinion pollsters go out of their way to include as many morons as possible in surveys ... I think it's dangerous to inform morons about what their fellow morons are thinking. It only reinforces their opinions. And the one thing worse than a moron with an opinion is lots of them." -- Scott Adams

In other words: Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.  ;)

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair

"Hitler is gone, but if the majority of our fellow citizens are more susceptible to the slogans of fear and race hatred than to those of peaceful accommodation and mutual respect among human beings, our political liberties remain at the mercy of any eloquent and unscrupulous demagogue." -- S. I. Hayakawa

Palehorse

#74
January 20, 2017, 05:15:28 PM
Quote from: Y on January 20, 2017, 04:53:10 PM
That's the type of corruption we've repeatedly dealt with around here.

And continue to. . .  :mad:
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That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville
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