Alaska court system offline after cybersecurity incident
BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) The chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court on Thursday said the court system did not receive a ransom demand or any direct message from those involved in a cybersecurity attack last week that resulted in the system disconnecting its online services.
“So we feel fortunate that we caught this attack at an early stage,” Chief Justice Joel Bolger told The Associated Press in an interview.
The court system, in a news release Saturday, said it had disconnected online services to remove malware from its servers and was working with a cybersecurity company to respond to the incident and prevent “any further system breaches.
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Alaska Court System remains offline after cybersecurity attack
Print article JUNEAU The chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court on Thursday said the court system did not receive a ransom demand or any direct message from those involved in a cybersecurity attack last week that resulted in the system disconnecting its online services. “So we feel fortunate that we caught this attack at an early stage,” Chief Justice Joel Bolger told The Associated Press in an interview. The court system, in a news release Saturday, said it had disconnected online services to remove malware from its servers and was working with a cybersecurity company to respond to the incident and prevent “any further system breaches.”
Cyberattack knocks Alaska courts offline
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The Alaska Court System has taken nearly all its IT systems offline following a cybersecurity incident last week.
The deactivated systems include the state’s electronic filing system, court calendars, online payments of bail and court fees, virtual hearings and external emails for court employees. A statement on the Alaska courts’ main website attributes explains the outages were necessary “to remove malware from it servers.”
The statement goes on to say that officials currently do not believe any employees’ personal information or court records were compromised, nor do they have evidence that any credit card numbers used to pay fees and fines were exposed. The courts’ phones and fax numbers are still operatio