Maryland Department of Health

The official website of the Maryland Department of Health went offline after it was attacked in a cyber attack.

The attack led the website to redirect the visitors to the state’s general government website.

The IT officers of the Health department isolated the affected systems to contain the attack and informed the affected employees and partners about the breach.

Source: https://wtop.com/maryland/2021/12/maryland-health-department-website-goes-offline-after-apparent-cyberattack/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/maryland-department-of-health

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