Montclair Township’s IT Department, the township’s suffered from a ransomware attack on July 2023.
The attack was stopped with the assistance of the insurance company, local, state, and federal law enforcement, including the FBI, and crucial information for township operations and business has been recovered.
That missing data affects the township’s ability to respond to some Open Public Records Act requests.
The township has put the most advanced dual authentication mechanism on its own system in place to prevent such incidents, and it is currently operational.
The township's insurer struck a $450,000 deal with the assailants to halt a cyberattack on the IT Department of Montclair Township.
Source: https://montclairlocal.news/cyber-attack-on-montclair-township-led-to-450k-settlement/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/township-of-montclair
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"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "07/2023",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
'location': 'Montclair',
'name': 'Montclair Township',
'type': 'Government'}],
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Operational data',
'Business information']},
'date_detected': 'July 2023',
'description': 'Montclair Township’s IT Department suffered from a ransomware '
'attack in July 2023. The attack was stopped with the '
'assistance of the insurance company, local, state, and '
'federal law enforcement, including the FBI. Crucial '
'information for township operations and business has been '
'recovered. The missing data affects the township’s ability to '
'respond to some Open Public Records Act requests. The '
'township has put the most advanced dual authentication '
'mechanism on its own system in place to prevent such '
"incidents, and it is currently operational. The township's "
'insurer struck a $450,000 deal with the assailants to halt a '
'cyberattack on the IT Department of Montclair Township.',
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'Records Act requests'],
'systems_affected': ['IT Department systems']},
'motivation': 'Financial',
'post_incident_analysis': {'corrective_actions': ['Implemented dual '
'authentication mechanism']},
'ransomware': {'ransom_demanded': '$450,000', 'ransom_paid': '$450,000'},
'references': [{'source': 'Montclair Township'}],
'response': {'containment_measures': ['Dual authentication mechanism'],
'law_enforcement_notified': True,
'recovery_measures': ['Recovered crucial information for '
'township operations and business'],
'third_party_assistance': ['Insurance company',
'Local, state, and federal law '
'enforcement',
'FBI']},
'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Montclair Township',
'type': 'Ransomware Attack'}