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Virginia Attorney General’s Office Cyberattack

The Virginia Attorney General’s Office, located in Richmond, Virginia, was hit by a sophisticated cyberattack on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, forcing officials to shut down computer systems and revert to paper court filings as authorities investigate. Chief Deputy Attorney General Steven G. Popps informed the office’s 700 employees

Rhode Island Delayed Action on Benefits System Breach, Exposing Data of Thousands

Hackers infiltrated Rhode Island’s RIBridges benefits system, potentially exposing the personal data of hundreds of thousands of residents, state officials said on Friday. Deloitte, the system’s vendor, first notified the state of a potential attack on December 5, 2024, but the system was not shut down until December

Washington State Courts Experience Statewide Outage Following Cyber Incident

A cyber incident involving “unauthorized activity” led to a statewide outage across Washington state court systems, disrupting services for multiple courts since November 3, 2024. The Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) detected the suspicious activity over the weekend and responded by taking systems offline to secure critical

Georgia Claims to Have Successfully Defended Against Foreign DDoS Attack on Absentee Ballot Website

On October 14, 2024, Georgia's Secretary of State’s office claimed it successfully defended against a significant cyberattack targeting the state’s absentee ballot request website. The attack, identified as a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, involved over 420,000 simultaneous attempts to flood the site with

Cyberattack Disrupts Internet Services at Delaware Libraries, Hackers Demand $1 Million Ransom

Delaware's 35 public libraries suffered a major cyberattack on Friday, September 20, 2024, when hackers from the ransomware group RansomHub seized control of the virtual servers that manage the libraries' public-use computers and internet services. The hackers demanded a $1 million ransom to restore access, but Delaware