Maryland Health Department Security Breach Not As Bad As Initially Feared, Hogan Says

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The cyber onslaught that targeted the Maryland Department of Health implicit the weekend was importantly little invasive than officials initially feared, Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday.

The breach took the Department of Health’s website offline, forcing the bureau to redirect visitors to the state’s flagship website portion investigators took banal of the concern to recognize the grade of the intrusion.

“Our strategy was compromised, but astatine this constituent it appears to beryllium much, overmuch little intrusive and with a overmuch amended result than we were acrophobic mightiness beryllium the case,” Gov. Hogan said. “We don’t judge that immoderate information was sacrificed, and I deliberation they’re digging into it and getting into the problem.”

The website has since travel backmost online. But for the past fewer days, the lone updates posted connected the wellness department’s COVID-19 dashboard person been hospitalization and vaccination data.

Hogan acknowledged the cyber onslaught has resulted successful delayed updates. But helium said the information appears to beryllium intact and officials anticipation to person the website afloat operational either Thursday oregon Friday.

“It hasn’t changed immoderate of the information gathering oregon truly enactment america successful immoderate benignant of a pugnacious presumption with respect to the information acceptable successful our system,” the politician said.

As of Thursday, a message posted connected the website said the wellness section is experiencing a server outage, and that information volition beryllium “updated arsenic soon arsenic possible.”

Hogan said helium pushed for Republicans and President Joe Biden to see cyber information successful national infrastructure legislation, but neither of them listened.

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“Luckily, we person been taking immoderate beauteous superior actions implicit the past respective years and implicit the past galore months, and we’re successful a overmuch amended presumption than we would person been,” helium said.