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AG Raoul says his office’s tech network “has been compromised”

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Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced the Office of the Attorney General’s network has been compromised. Attorney General Raoul released the following statement:

“In the early hours of Saturday morning, it was discovered that the office’s network was compromised. Since then, information technology staff and investigators from the Attorney General’s office have been working closely with federal law enforcement authorities to evaluate the extent to which the network was compromised.

“This investigation is ongoing, and I am committed to resolving this situation as soon as possible to ensure that the Attorney General’s office can continue to provide critical services to the people of Illinois.”

The investigation into the extent to which the Attorney General’s office’s network was compromised is ongoing. Additional information will be made available at a later date.

I heard yesterday that the AG’s office suffered a massive computer network outage. I haven’t been able to get any confirmation of what exactly caused it, but emails have been bouncing back from the attorney general’s office for at least 24 hours.

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Apr 13, 21 @ 11:33 am

Comments

I am sure all the victims of phony IDES claims who were requested to notify the AG’s office about it are feeling especially calm about this additional breach in the AG’s system.

Comment by Responsa Tuesday, Apr 13, 21 @ 12:27 pm
Expecting the individual constitutional offices to have an IT staff capable of dealing with the current threats is futile. This also applies to how they deal with taxpayer and other needs. We need to rethink the model.

Comment by IT Guy Tuesday, Apr 13, 21 @ 7:18 pm
Rich, on a related note you should update the contact section of your website to show your email address and not try to invoke the users email application. I was going to alert you to this issue over the weekend but couldn’t.

Comment by IT Guy Tuesday, Apr 13, 21 @ 7:29 pm
A well detailed and helpful post. Many thanks for sharing, it’s definitely going to help lots of
folks out there. You always publish handy info, some of which I share on Twitter.

Comment by Technology Tips Wednesday, Apr 14, 21 @ 12:59 pm