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Maryland county reopens offices, limits access to systems after cyberattack | StateScoop
Officials in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, limited internet access to some of its computer systems on Tuesday after a cyberattack over the weekend prompted the county to shut down operations and close offices on Monday, forcing non-emergency government employees to telework.
While offices reopened Tuesday, officials for the Maryland county, which is home to more than half a million people, said they were taking a “proactive approach” until they’re able to safely restore operations.
“Precautionary measures include limiting access to the Internet until we are able to return to full operations,” reads a news release posted to the county’s website on Monday. “Residents are encouraged to contact departments to determine their operation status before visiting as some services may be limited.”
Though county offices were open, officials encouraged eligible employees to continue working remotely due to potential internet connectivity issues.
According to the release, the county Office of Information Technology is working with law enforcement, IT specialists and cybersecurity experts to investigate the incident, which officials said did not impact the public library or public schools.
The full scope of the impact is still being determined, but County Executive Steuart Pittman on Monday posted on X that IT officials “have been working around the clock since this incident began on Saturday morning, and remain focused on getting critical services back online safely and as quickly as possible.”
Anne Arundel County is only the latest local government to suffer a cyberattack. The Virginia attorney general’s office also experienced a cyberattack this month, prompting officials to shut down computer systems and direct employees to rely on paper court filings.
The Maryland Department of Transportation reported a crash shortly after 4:10 p.m. June 21 on I-95 north near mile marker 39 in Howard County. Twenty minutes later, the MDOT reported all four northbound lanes were closed while emergency crews were at the scene. A shoulder along northbound I-95 also was shut down.
Vehicles could be seen backed up beyond the MD Route 32 interchange on MDOT traffic cameras. All southbound lanes remained open.
Three people were killed on Saturday after their single-engine aircraft crashed in a wooded area near Bowie, Maryland, according to Maryland State Police.
The three people on board were Israelis, according to Israeli media reports on Sunday, citing the Foreign Ministry.
An NBC report cited the police as saying that the aircraft was found Sunday morning after crashing near a townhouse community and local playground.
Police did not release the identities of the deceased, all of whom were declared dead on the scene.
The crash was initially reported at 11:30 p.m. on Saturday via iPhone alert, NBC cited Prince George’s County Public Safety Communications as saying.
The pilot and passengers of the small aircraft were on a training flight when the crash occured, NBC reported, noting that the aircraft belonged to a Montgomery County flight school.
The Baltimore Sun identified the aircraft as a Piper PA-28, a common training aircraft in the United States.
On Tuesday, a small jet plane carrying six people crashed into a vehicle on a highway in Laredo, Texas, authorities said.
One person was killed in the crash, named by the Associated Press on Wednesday as Austin tech entrepreneur Joshua Baer.
In addition, five first responders were hospitalized for smoke inhalation, and the passengers were hospitalized for minor injuries.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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