From: dannyb@remove-this.panix.com   
      
   Attack affects other gov't functions, too   
      
   By Pei-Sze Cheng [wnbc news]   
      
     Suffolk County Asks NYPD for Help After Hack Cripples 911 Call   
   Center and Police HQ   
      
   Ten days after a cyber attack hit Suffolk County computers, much of   
   the county's police department is still deeply feeling the effects -   
   and is calling on the NYPD for backup.   
      
   The 911 dispatch center at the Suffolk County Police Department   
   headquarters has been reduced to using pen and paper, after hackers   
   took down the county government's computers.   
      
   "Unfortunately had to go back to our old system where information is   
   recorded by hand and information is handed to the dispatcher, in   
   contrast to putting it into a computer-aided system," said Suffolk   
   County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison.  .......  And it's not   
   just police hurting as a result. Title searches, an essential part of   
   real estate closings, have been frozen too. Lawyers and buyers are   
   trying to proceed with caution.   
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   rest:   
      
   https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/suffolk-county-hack-crippl   
   s-911-call-center-and-police-hq-as-they-turn-to-nypd-for-help/3871797/   
      
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