There’s no word on whether the latest cyberattacks against local government in Texas are using ransomware created by–and stolen from–the National Security Agency. When Baltimore was attacked earlier this year, the NSA’s spyware was reportedly used; NSA’s response; “don’t blame us.”
What are national security agencies doing to help protect local governments and agencies? The latest reports don’t say.
The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) said in a statement that officials from state agencies were responding to the cyber attack, but did not release the identities of affected agencies.”Currently, DIR, the Texas Military Department, and the Texas A&M University System’s Cyberresponse and Security Operations Center teams are deploying resources to the most critically impacted jurisdictions. Further resources will be deployed as they are requested,” the department said in the press release.
Source: Officials say at least 20 Texas government entities targeted in cyber attack | TheHill
