Over a hundred surveillance camera storage devices operated by the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia were hacked just days ahead of the Inauguration. Ransomware was found on some of the devices and officials said the extortion effort "was localized":
Hackers infected 70 percent of storage devices that record data from D.C. police surveillance cameras eight days before President Trump's inauguration, forcing major citywide reinstallation efforts, according to the police and the city's technology office. City officials said ransomware left police cameras unable to record between Jan. 12 and Jan. 15. The cyberattack affected 123 of 187 network video recorders in a closed-circuit TV system for public spaces across the city, the officials said late Friday.
Brian Ebert, a Secret Service official, said the safety of the public or protectees was never jeopardized. Archana Vemulapalli, the city's Chief Technology Officer, said the city paid no ransom and resolved the problem by taking the devices offline, removing all software and restarting the system at each site.
Also at The Hill.
(Score: 3, Touché) by rts008 on Monday January 30 2017, @12:01PM
What problem?
How else do you expect Team Trump to edit crowd size in future vids? ;-)
(Score: 5, Insightful) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Monday January 30 2017, @12:16PM
Don't be ridiculous. Trump doesn't need to edit photos. He just has to make a statement and reality immediately and automatically reconfigures itself to make the statement true. Any evidence suggestive of reality not conforming to Donald's edicts is due to insufficient denial on the part of the audience.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 30 2017, @12:54PM
I am waiting for him to create the new "Department of History". We can't leave the creation of facts to just anybody....
(Score: 3, Touché) by shrewdsheep on Monday January 30 2017, @03:00PM
It already exists: the ministry of alternative truth. Admittedly, it is informal but for real nevertheless.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Spook brat on Monday January 30 2017, @07:23PM
Since there is no alternative, really, once the Donald has spoken, let's just shorten that to the Ministry of Truth. [wikipedia.org]
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(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 30 2017, @04:18PM
Will that be under the Department of Re-education?
(Score: 2) by Spook brat on Monday January 30 2017, @07:21PM
I assume you mean the Ministry of Love... [wikipedia.org]
I really hope the U.S. government stops using 1984 as a textbook. It's starting to get old.
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(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday January 31 2017, @02:40AM
At least the kids wont have to read it anymore as they'll be living it.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Nerdfest on Monday January 30 2017, @02:01PM
Wow, look at the Flamebait mods. Someone's awfully bitter about people making fun of the madman they elected. The stuff about the crowd sizes is objectively provable, at least let people have some fun with it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 30 2017, @03:05PM
TMBs feathers must be ruffled.
(Score: 2) by edIII on Monday January 30 2017, @09:41PM
Having received a personal message from TMB regarding one of my moderations, I disagree. TMB takes moderation seriously, and would use the +1 Disagree mod instead.
Regardless of his political beliefs, TMB is staff, and from what I have gathered, makes quiet a few positive contributions around here.
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