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Last week’s Louisiana ransomware attack affected approximately 10 percent of the 5,000 servers within the state government’s IT infrastructure, making it one of the largest cyberattacks on the state to date. Neal Underwood, deputy chief information officer for the Office of Information Technology (OIT), revealed the news during a last-minute hearing Friday morning, in which legislators quizzed numerous agency heads on their operational status following the cyberincident. “It’s not catastrophic,” Underwood said, before ultimately concluding that it was “a significant event, much more significant than any we’ve had in the past.” He also called it a “sophisticated, coordinated attack,” and not the result of “some malcontent teenager in their parent’s basement.” Underwood reiterated that the reason state websites had been down across the board was because of the state’s deliberate decision to isolate itself, to prevent the spread of the infection.
Governing
Media and City Council members should not be exempt from public record requests fees, Ann Arbor’s city administrator told the council in a November letter. The letter comes after a request from a council member through a debate at City Council on whether elected officials should receive a fee waiver for Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, requests. In August, Council Member Jeff Hayner, D-1st Ward, sought records of all of Mayor Christopher Taylor’s emails on both his city email account and any private accounts used for city business. Hayner received a $217 fee request.
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