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How Huber Heights City Survived a Russian Cyber Attack on November 2023
Apr 19, 2024
How Huber Heights City Survived a Russian Cyber Attack on November 2023
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we have new information about a Cyber
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attack on the city of Huber Heights last
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November we're learning today it was
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caused by a Russian entity the city
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first learned about the attack the
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morning of November 12th after a
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ransomware was found in their Dispatch
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Center by that Tuesday evidence
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Gathering began and by November 15th
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several City systems were restored one
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week after the attack the city opened an
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investigation into the incident more
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than 5,700 people were impacted by the
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attack many were city employees now city
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leaders are using their experience to
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teach other local governments how to
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prevent attacks T news reporter Allison
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gens
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explains the city manager of Huber
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Heights talked about the lessons learned
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from November's Cyber attack and shared
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the takeaways with city leaders so it
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doesn't happen to them it's a relief to
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be on this side of the attack quite
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frankly it's a cautionary tale about a
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Cyber attack for many months we were we
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were dealing with the repercussions
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that's now being told in front of a room
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packed with city leaders and IT
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personnel from across the region about 5
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months after the event um we have the
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opportunity to reflect a little more
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deeply on it Huber Height city manager
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Richard zick and secure cyber defense
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CEO Shan Waldman spoke about what
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happened during the go cyber collectives
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monthly meeting most organizations don't
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talk about this so nobody gets the
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opportunity to learn what happened what
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mistakes were made how do I not make
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those mistakes Waldman says attacks on
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government's businesses from outside
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actors are becoming more and more common
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it used to be five six years ago we saw
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a lot of domestic attacks inside the
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United States but almost everything that
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we see now from now on has all been
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nation state driven during his
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presentation zck offered his tips to
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help other governments learn from their
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lesson encouraging regular training for
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employees better communication with
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residents having backups in place and
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prioritizing cyber security at the end
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of the day if you're
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it infrastructure is not secure every
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piece of your your government operation
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is is vulnerable now the City of Huber
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Heights is entering phase three of the
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recovery after the attack which involves
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strengthening the cyber security systems
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within the city and investing more money
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into it in Marine Alison Gans 2 News
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