California city declares a 'state of emergency' after cyberattack on computer systems
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Set us as preferred The Suisun City council declared a state of emergency Saturday after a cyberattack forced the municipality to shut down its information technology network.The attack affected the communication operations of the fire and police departments, including the routing of 911 calls.Suisun City officials said in a statement that the attack posed no imminent threat to the public and that all public safety services remain active.
The computer network was shut down to contain the threat and preserve evidence for a federal investigation.Suisun City dispatchers are taking emergency police and fire calls through the Solano County dispatch center.Online city services and internal operations remained temporarily unavailable as of Sunday morning while cybersecurity experts investigate the incident and work to restore systems.
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Going after internet technologies that control communications in public safety agencies would be a new frontier for cyberattackers that federal agencies believe could be affiliated with Iran.Federal agencies are investigating cyberattacks targeting municipal water systems in a dozen states.Late last month, the FBI, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency all warned that cyberattackers remotely accessed online infrastructure for water and wastewater systems in at least seven states.The agencies warned that Iran-affiliated hackers were targeting internet-connected...