Before COVID-19 Hit, New York Suffered a Cyberattack

Government Technology: New York's computer network suffered a large, previously undisclosed cyberattack earlier this year, in which foreign hackers appear to have  temporarily knocked out access to several important state databases, according to recent reports.

The attack, which occurred in January right as the state was on the verge of dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak, involved the exploitation of an unpatched vulnerability that has seen global use by an infamous Chinese hacking group.

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