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Texas Department of Transportation reports ransomware attack on agency network
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Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 05:04:07 +0000 (UTC)
https://www.infosecnews.org/texas-department-of-transportation-reports-ransomware-attack-on-agency-network/ By William Knowles @c4i Senior Editor InfoSec News May 16, 2020The Texas Department of Transportation in a statement on Twitter says they were the victims of a ransomware attack on their agency network.
On May 14, 2020, there was unauthorized access to the network in a ransomware event and TxDot took immediate steps to isolate the incident and shut down any further unauthorized access.
“We believe we have a duty to inform our fellow Texans and our fellow state agencies of this unfortunate incident,” executive director James Bass said. “We want every Texan to rest assured that we are doing everything we can to swiftly address this issue. We also are working to ensure critical operations continue during this interruption.”
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