Haxxorz Threaten Missouri Savings

Reaction to the threat . . . 

A portal serving 54,000 employees of Missouri state government has been shut down since Dec. 23  

More deets on the target and the critical service it provides . . . 

"The website, known as the ESS Portal, allows state workers to report time off and manage their health savings accounts, retirement information and deferred compensation accounts.⁠
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"Those affected range from Missouri Highway Patrol troopers to social service workers and legislative staffers. The outage came as state workers were juggling end-of-year financial tasks, like managing their health savings accounts or taking holiday time off.⁠"

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

 STL Dispatch: Hackers target Missouri government worker savings accounts