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Just into our newsroom tonight, the
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state now confirming it is the victim of
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a cyber attack. Thanks for staying with
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us at 6:30. I'm Denise Valdez
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and I'm Brian Loftess. As of now,
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there's no timeline for when it may be
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fixed, but the FBI is conducting a
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criminal investigation. A News Now
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investigators Kyle Payne breaking it
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down for us live in studio. Kyle
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Denise Brian, the state computer system,
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state agencies, according to a memo we
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just received. This memo says definitely
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the victim of a cyber attack and uh it
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will close the DMV tomorrow. Monday we
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were at the DMV to see firsthand how the
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shutdown impacted customers there and in
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a word they were angry. Other major
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departments were and are affected.
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Health and human services, public
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safety, department of corrections. But
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Tuesday we noticed some other
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departments whose websites we often use
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here at channel 8 were down. The state
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funeral board, pharmacy board,
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commission on judicial discipline, Dr.
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Gregory Moody, a cyber security expert
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"There are state actors who are always
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going to be looking for the trove of
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data that states, counties have. They
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have information about, you know, all
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the citizens. They have their social
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security numbers. They have tax
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information. They have accounts. They
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have resources. And it spreads across a
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whole bunch of different domains,
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departments that are supposed to be
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linked together and work well, but in
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reality they function very separately
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and very desperately.
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Dr. Moody says state cyber security
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budgets are usually less than large
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corporations or even the federal
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government. And to confirm, the FBI is
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investigating and we are told just of a
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few minutes ago it is considered a cyber
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attack, but they do tell us no personal
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information contained in state databases
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were compromised. Denise.
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All right, Kyle. We shall see. Meantime,
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the state police telling us its phone
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lines and dispatch are working. Its
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troopers are doing their job as normal.
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And Deer's new online unemployment
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system also appears to be up and
