Hackers recently stole a cache of thousands of city of Chicago emails that were electronically transferred from Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration to the Jones Day law firm.City officials have declined to comment on individual hacked emails: “Reporting on materials compromised during a third-party vendor data transfer makes all of us less safe and encourages future bad actors to use nefarious means to gain information.” The hacked emails, now visible online, were sent or received by four former city employees over a two-year period and offer some insight into the inner-workings of the Lightfoot administration how some decisions are made, who was involved and what they were thinking.
Hackers recently stole a cache of thousands of city of Chicago emails that were electronically transferred from Mayor Lori Lightfootâs administration to the Jones Day law firm.
City officials have declined to comment on individual hacked emails: âReporting on materials compromised during a third-party vendor data transfer makes all of us less safe and encourages future bad actors to use nefarious means to gain information.â
The hacked emails, now visible online, were sent or received by four former city employees over a two-year period and offer some insight into the inner-workings of the Lightfoot administration â how some decisions are made, who was involved and what they were thinking.
At least a dozen top people in Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office have resigned or said they’re on their way out since late last year. Several positions have remained unfilled for weeks or months. Observers said it’s important to have capable people filling even lower-profile behind-the-scenes posts in order to keep the city running smoothly.
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A huge cache of internal emails from City Hall was hacked by a third party and made public Friday, revealing the inner workings of Mayor
Lori Lightfoot’s administration in Chicago.
The select group of emails had been given to the Jones Day law firm as part of an inquiry into how the police raid on Anjanette Young’s home had been handled. The law firm transferred them to a third party as part of that investigation using a data software service when the emails were swiped. “The breach . at no time involved or impacted the city’s computers or computer system,” according to a statement from the city.