Suffolk County

Suffolk County suffered a ransomware attack that affected lawmakers, businesses and residents across the East End and beyond.

Suffolk officials took the county website offline to contain the damage and started incrementally restoring access about three weeks later.

However, hackers claimed responsibility for the attack and posted on the dark web screenshots of some of the documents stolen from county servers and later gave threats to release more if the county did not pay a reward.

Although the attack affected the entire county and its business but the real estate, as attorneys, brokers and title insurance providers were most affected by it.

Source: https://suffolktimes.timesreview.com/2022/09/ransomware-attack-on-suffolk-county-heightens-importance-of-cybersecurity-for-local-municipalities/

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/suffolk-county

"id": "suf2232311022",
"linkid": "suffolk-county",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "6/2017",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': ['Lawmakers',
                                               'Businesses',
                                               'Residents',
                                               'Real estate attorneys',
                                               'Brokers',
                                               'Title insurance providers'],
                        'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'East End',
                        'name': 'Suffolk County',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': ['Screenshots of documents posted on the '
                                       'dark web'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Documents']},
 'description': 'Suffolk County suffered a ransomware attack that affected '
                'lawmakers, businesses and residents across the East End and '
                'beyond. Suffolk officials took the county website offline to '
                'contain the damage and started incrementally restoring access '
                'about three weeks later. However, hackers claimed '
                'responsibility for the attack and posted on the dark web '
                'screenshots of some of the documents stolen from county '
                'servers and later gave threats to release more if the county '
                'did not pay a reward. Although the attack affected the entire '
                'county and its business but the real estate, as attorneys, '
                'brokers and title insurance providers were most affected by '
                'it.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Documents from county servers'],
            'downtime': ['Three weeks'],
            'systems_affected': ['County website']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'data_sold_on_dark_web': ['Screenshots of '
                                                     'documents'],
                           'high_value_targets': ['Real estate attorneys',
                                                  'Brokers',
                                                  'Title insurance providers']},
 'motivation': 'Financial',
 'ransomware': {'data_exfiltration': ['Screenshots of documents posted on the '
                                      'dark web']},
 'response': {'containment_measures': ['Taking the county website offline'],
              'recovery_measures': ['Incrementally restoring access']},
 'title': 'Suffolk County Ransomware Attack',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}