Tag: Cyberattacks
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Boulder County recovers $237K lost in phishing scam
Boulder County has recovered more than $237,000 that the county mistakenly sent to a fraudulent account last year, the Sheriff’s Office said. As reported by Denver Gazette media partner KUSA, the county said in September that one of its vendors had experienced a cyberattack, which allowed hackers to access information from the vendor to create…
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Pro-Russian hacker group attacks DIA, Colorado Springs Airport websites
Denver International and Colorado Springs airports were among several U.S. airports whose websites were targeted by cyberattacks Monday, according to spokespeople from both airports. Colorado Springs Airport’s website was hacked early Monday morning, according to a statement from airport spokeswoman Dana Schield. “Because the Colorado Springs Airport website is hosted on the City’s website, Colorado…
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Colorado web portal offline due to ‘anonymous, foreign’ cyberattack
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The state-run Colorado.gov portal homepage was taken offline Wednesday afternoon after the state says it fell victim to a cyberattack. The cyberattack was claimed by an “anonymous suspected foreign actor,” according to the State Emergency Operations Center. State officials said the attacker also targeted multiple other state government services and websites across the United States. There is…
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Colorado secretary of state announces election misinformation initiative
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold will expand efforts to combat foreign influence in November’s general election with a new misinformation initiative, she announced Tuesday. The initiative encourages voters to access accurate information and fight the spread of false information with digital outreach and a website identifying foreign misinformation. “Foreign adversaries are conducting influence operations…