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D.C. CCTV Surveillance Camera Data Storage Hacked Ahead of Inauguraton

posted by Fnord666 on Monday January 30 2017, @08:33AM   Printer-friendly
from the turn-a-blind-eye dept.

takyon writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 30 2017, @12:54PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 30 2017, @12:54PM (#460621)

    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

    by shrewdsheep (5215) on Monday January 30 2017, @03:00PM (#460654)

    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

      by Spook brat (775) on Monday January 30 2017, @07:23PM (#460754) Journal

      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

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 30 2017, @04:18PM (#460684)

    Will that be under the Department of Re-education?

    • (Score: 2) by Spook brat on Monday January 30 2017, @07:21PM

      by Spook brat (775) on Monday January 30 2017, @07:21PM (#460753) Journal

      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

        by LoRdTAW (3755) on Tuesday January 31 2017, @02:40AM (#460968) Journal

        At least the kids wont have to read it anymore as they'll be living it.