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Cyber Attack Hits Pennsylvania Supreme Court Website #DDoS
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now the the Chief Justice of the
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Deborah Todd
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made the announcement last night that
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the court website had been hit by a
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Cyber attack now large portions of the
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site while it appears to be functional
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if you go to the site it will at least
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open up on the front but once you try to
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actually access it that's when the
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problems begin now Todd said last night
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that large portions of the site were
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unavailable due to what they're calling
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a denial of service Cyber attack that
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differs from a ransomware attack now the
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denial of service attack is when
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somebody floods a network with traffic
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until either the target site can't
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respond or the site crashes to prevent
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access for legitimate users and Todd
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also said there's no indication that
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there's been any data that's been
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compromised in the Cyber attack now the
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Cyber attack is affecting the web
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services the really important things on
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this website such as the pack file
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electronic filing system the online
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court dockets are hard to get to or
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unavailable the pae pay system where
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people will pay f for such things as
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speeding tickets or other online costs
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that's moving slowly as well and the
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guardianship tracking system is also
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down because of this Cyber attack now
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the Chief Justice said that the
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Commonwealth's it cyber security Force
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along with the Department of Homeland
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Security and the FBI are currently
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investigating what's happening with this
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website remember you can go to the site
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and you may be able to attempt to get
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through but it's going to take a really
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long time for you to be able to access
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anything if you can make it on there at
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all of course going to continue to keep
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an eye on this throughout the rest of
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the morning
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