Tag: Cyber attack
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Radio Silence: Pennington County Stopped Updating It’s Own Incident Page Three Weeks Ago
Rapid City SD – Pennington County has a dedicated page for its cybersecurity incident. It’s the county’s own words, posted by its own spokesperson, with timestamps. It’s also been silent since July 20 — even as the county kept talking to reporters about the same recovery. The Official Record The county disclosed the incident on…
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What We Know – and Don’t Know – About Rapid City’s Water Infrastructure Cyber Incident
Rapid City SD- The City of Rapid City recently disclosed a cyber incident involving one of its lift stations, part of the city’s wastewater system. According to the city, officials discovered the attempt quickly and took precautions to protect the system. The city says at no time was its water or wastewater infrastructure placed in…
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History Erasure in Real Time: The True Cost of the wp2shell Vulnerability
Rapid City SD – You do not realize how fragile the digital public record is until you log in and find it barricaded by a quarantine notice. Yesterday morning, the administrative front door to the Sentinel was blocked by a stark, terrifying banner from our hosting provider, Ionos. It wasn’t a standard maintenance alert. It…
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Regional Cyber Investigation Pauses Rapid City Building and Utility Payments
RAPID CITY SD — A cybersecurity incident impacting Pennington County’s network has triggered a precautionary security sweep within the City of Rapid City, temporarily pausing several municipal services. Because the city and county share some infrastructure and collaborate on a limited number of systems, the City’s IT team is currently conducting a thorough investigation to…