St. Clair County Government, St. Clair County
Breach Type –
Unknown, Malware
WBRC
September 23rd, 2020
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The system is victim of a cyber attack but it appears that no data has left the system
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Actions were immediately taken to mitigate damage
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Some minor inconveniences were caused but the issue is being resolved
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Chilton County Records, Chilton County
Breach Type –
Unknown, Ransomware
CBS 42
July 7th, 2020
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Probate court records were frozen in ransomware hit
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IT personnel detected the cyberattack, took immediate action
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Investigation conducted by state and federal law enforcement
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City of Florence, Lauderdale County
Breach Type –
Phishing, Ransomware
WAFF
June 8th, 2020
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The City was impacted by a attack causing their email accounts to stop operations
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Public safety was left unaffected as operations were nominal
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It is believed that no information was lost and that this was caused by a possible phishing attack
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WHNT
June 11th, 2020
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The city of Florence has confirmed the attack and has begun work with a third party IT company
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Hackers demanded almost $300,000 of bitcoins in ransomware attempt
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The City determined that they will pay the bad actors in hope that the information that was stolen will be deleted
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Bank Info Security
June 12th, 2020
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A third party was able to find a username and password of the city's IT manager on a cyber forum
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The researcher gave a heads up to the City in hopes to prevent any possible damages the breach may have
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The City is working on getting more investigations conducted in hopes of prevention in the future
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Tallapoosa County Probate Court, Tallapoosa County
Breach Type –
Unknown, Ransomware
The Outlook
June 19th, 2020
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Probate court was victim of cyberattack, systems were down for half a week
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Bad actors utilized ransomware, locked access to numerous servers
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Officials confirmed that no personal information had been leaked in the attack
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City of Florence, Lauderdale County
Breach Type –
Unknown, Phishing
WAFF
June 8th, 2020
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The City publicly released that its networks were compromised suspending use of email accounts and server functions
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Public safety was unaffected and all communications within were nominal
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The nature of the attack and other forensic analysis is taking place with a third party IT company
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South Alabama Veterans Council's website, Mobile County
Breach Type -
Hacking, Other: Website Defacement
Fox 10 TV
January 7th, 2020
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Bad actors hacked website, claimed to be from Iran
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Hackers claimed to be from "Shield Iran"
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IT personnel took website offline while they worked on restoration
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City of Ozark Website, Dale County
Breach Type –
Hacking, Other: Website Defacement
WTVY
January 11th, 2020
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City website taken offline amid successful hack
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Bad actors seemingly were residing within Iran
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Local law enforcement assisted with investigation
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Mobile Housing Board of Commissioners
Breach Type - Phishing, Other
Lagniappe Weekly
September 19th, 2018
- Mobile Housing Board of Commissioners (MHB) dealt with a cybersecurity breach
- Email of MHB Chief Financial Officer was hacked in early spring
- Hackers apparently intercepted emails with contractor
- Sources confirmed $485,000 was mistakenly paid to hackers
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Attack on Montgomery County
Breach Type - Ransomware
WSFA
September 18th, 2017
- County system locked up
- Probate office most impacted
- 911 not affected, on its own network
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Montgomery Advertiser
September 21st, 2017
- County commissioners authorized paying $32,000 ransom
- The hackers gave Montgomery 7 days to pay ransom before destroying all data
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WSFA
September 27th, 2017
- Estimated data in concern worth over $5 million
- Paid ransom, believes no data was compromised
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Mobile County Maersk Terminals
Breach Type - Ransomware
AL.com
June 28th, 2017
- Hack started in Europe
- APM terminal hacked during delivery of 2 cranes
- Terminal had to shut down for two days
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Alabama State Port Authority, Mobile County
Breach Type - Phishing, Data Breach
Lagniappe Weekly
March 6th, 2017
- Cyber event caused data breach of current and former employees of Alabama State Port Authority
- Organization fell victim to a “W-2” phishing scam
- 780 individuals’ private information compromised as a result
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