{"id":41262,"date":"2021-06-08T20:28:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T20:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/0716ff2e-3fbf-4642-8594-ce82db126659"},"modified":"2021-06-08T20:28:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T20:28:00","slug":"constituent-platform-used-by-congress-hit-with-ransomware-as-nyc-faces-legal-department-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/constituent-platform-used-by-congress-hit-with-ransomware-as-nyc-faces-legal-department-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"Constituent platform used by Congress hit with ransomware as NYC faces legal department hack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/hub\/i\/r\/2020\/03\/06\/9d917be8-bcbf-4f4e-bc9c-69755c1c13a6\/thumbnail\/770x578\/bb4b890f650f0898c8f5f2bf423ff011\/congress-capitol-hill.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>News emerged on Tuesday morning that iConstituent, a platform built to facilitate communication between politicians and local residents, has been dealing with a ransomware attack.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>iConstituent did not respond to requests for comment, but Punchbowl News reported that almost <a href=\"https:\/\/email.punchbowl.news\/t\/ViewEmail\/t\/E529F9A86AAF91F32540EF23F30FEDED\/92315BAE6EE58854D8E2A916412CAE5B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-component=\"externalLink\">60 members of Congress use the platform<\/a>. Chief Administrative Officer of the House Catherine Szpindor told the news outlet that they were notified of a ransomware attack on iConstituent&#8217;s e-newsletter system, which House members buy access to.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"relatedContent alignRight\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\"> <span class=\"int\">ZDNet Recommends<\/span> <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But Szpindor added that no data from the House had been taken or accessed and the network used by the House was not affected.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sophos&#8217; Senior Security Advisor John Shier said the attack was yet another example of the way ransomware actors use supply chains as a way of gaining access to bigger targets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Regardless of what you do, you&#8217;re in somebody&#8217;s supply chain, whether you&#8217;re providing services directly to another party or you&#8217;re part of a larger organization or mechanism that provides services or products to other people,&#8221; Shier said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The platform is also used widely across state governments in Nevada, Georgia, Hawaii and cities like Los Angeles. The New York State Assembly also has a contract with the company for services.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The attack was revealed as the White House and law enforcement agencies take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/fbi-doj-to-treat-ransomware-attacks-with-similar-priority-as-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a more forceful stance<\/a> on ransomware after devastating attacks on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/usda-delays-release-of-wholesale-prices-for-beef-and-pork-after-ransomware-attack-on-jbs-confirmed-by-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">country&#8217;s biggest meat processor<\/a> and one of the country&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/colonial-pipeline-ransomware-attack-everything-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">largest oil and gas providers<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section class=\"sharethrough-top\" data-component=\"medusaContentRecommendation\" data-medusa-content-recommendation-options=\"{&quot;promo&quot;:&quot;promo_zd_recommendation_sharethrough_top_in_article_desktop&quot;,&quot;spot&quot;:&quot;dfp-in-article&quot;}\"> <\/section>\n<p>The tough rhetoric has done little to stop cybercriminals from levying a wide variety of attacks on institutions across state and city governments. The New York City Law Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/new-york-elections-government\/ny-nyc-law-department-computer-system-lockout-20210607-oliytonlbvfmfglqblfgygckwi-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-component=\"externalLink\">was hacked on Sunday<\/a>, forcing IT administrators to shut off access to certain systems for more than 1,000 employees.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The organization handles all of the city&#8217;s legal matters and carries an enormous amount of personal information about the city&#8217;s employees, including Social Security numbers, addresses and more. Mayor Bill De Blasio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/politics\/2021\/06\/08\/mondays-with-the-mayor-bill-de-blasio-city-law-department-cyber-hack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-component=\"externalLink\">appeared on television<\/a> and said there has been no ransom request or compromise of city data, but investigators are still assessing the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Rajiv Pimplaskar, chief risk officer for Veridium, told ZDNet that New York has one of the nation&#8217;s top IT and cyber security infrastructure and organizations, demonstrating that no matter how good you are, no one is immune from breaches.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Both Shier and Pimplaskar added that government agencies are ripe targets because of how much personal information they carry and because they are often using outdated systems and technology.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Departments that deal with sensitive information and customer data are prime targets for bad actors as they 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