http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-computer-hack-st-1025-20151023-story.html
By Geoff Ziezulewicz
Naperville Sun
October 24, 2015
Hackers were able to break into Naperville's computer network in an
unprecedented 2012 cyberattack because of a vulnerability in the city's
Web software that had not been patched, even though an alert and update
had been released roughly a month earlier, according to a Naperville
police report.
While city hall has declined Freedom of Information requests for some
records from the attack that crippled its computer system for weeks, the
narrative in the police report offers previously undisclosed details.
Investigating the incident and beefing up the town's cyber defenses has
cost Naperville about $760,000, though cyber security experts say the hack
used very basic, off-the-shelf tools to infiltrate Naperville's computer
network.
"It's a type of attack that is very common," said John Miller, a
cybercrime analyst with iSIGHT Partners, a global cyberthreat intelligence
firm. "Nonetheless, it still has the potential to be very damaging."
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