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A “malicious party” hacked into the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s website, but no data were lost or compromised, according to the agency that oversees the state government’s cybersecurity. A vulnerability in the software of the website’s content management system allowed the access, a spokeswoman for the Virginia Information Technologies Agency said this week. “A malicious party got into the system; however, the intruder was detected early by VITA and blocked, preventing significant changes,” the spokeswoman, Marcella Williamson, wrote in an email. The problem was reported May 22, and the website was taken down for nearly two weeks, said DEQ spokeswoman Ann Regn. It has since been restored, but some applications remained out of order Thursday.
Richmond Times-Dispatch
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