Files “were copied without permission” during the cyberattack, and those files may have included names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, medical information and …
A screenshot shows redacted text messages provided to The Denver Post by the Governor’s Office of Information Technology in response to an open records request about the ransomware attack on the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender.
It’s been more than a month since public defenders across the state were locked out of their computers and files in the ransomware attack andOfficials this week refused to answer questions from The Denver Post about what particular parts of the agency’s systems remain inoperable. In a ransomware attack, hackers use malware to hold an organization’s data hostage then demand a payment in cryptocurrency in order for organizations to regain access to that data.
“OIT withholds these documents on the grounds that their release would result in substantial injury to the public because it would limit OIT’s ability to engage in honest and frank discussion of cybersecurity issues and provide uninhibited opinions to state agencies, thereby impeding OIT in the performance of its duties,” Chief Information Security Officer Jill Fraser wrote in an affidavit provided with the open records materials.
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