A security report claims that computer systems in St. Clair County, Illinois suffered a ransomware infection that disrupted their regular operations and has interrupted the process of releasing and reviewing the sentence of some prisoners at the local jail.
One of the people affected by this incident is a woman who has been waiting for her boyfriend’s release for almost two days: “I want to know what’s going on. I have only been told that at the moment no one can be released and no one can pay bail,” the woman says. The woman, who requested anonymity, says that even though the charges brought against her boyfriend were dismissed on Monday, the individual remains in jail.
[ALERT] Grief ransomware gang claimed to have leaked "County of St Clair" internal data to the Darkweb. pic.twitter.com/WK3dsRsCHR
— DarkTracer : DarkWeb Criminal Intelligence (@darktracer_int) June 1, 2021
Jeff Sandusky, IT director in St. Clair County, said his team has been working to address what he defined as “some network issues detected over the weekend.” The official did not elaborate and did not confirm whether these problems are the cause of the failures in prison administration services.
On the other hand, cybersecurity specialist Shaji Khan mentioned that some hacking groups could have claimed responsibility for the attack: “Dozens of Twitter accounts operated by alleged cybercriminals claim to have carried out an attack that led to the leak of 2.5 GB of inf ..
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