California Medical Facility, or CMF, is touted as the flagship medical institution of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or CDCR, but some with inside knowledge of its alleged treatment of incarcerated patients call that reputation into question.
According to multiple sources, including those incarcerated at the facility and lawyers representing them, the building lacks any heating or air conditioning and has poor ventilation despite being a medical facility that warehouses vulnerable people. During the 2020 fire season, the windows that were broken or unable to shut allowed smoke to flood the building.
Last year’s Vacaville fire came within miles of the facility, but despite initially being included in the fire department’s evacuation zone map, corrections officials deemed evacuation unnecessary for the prison and its neighboring facility, California State Prison Solano, according to a KQED article and multiple other news reports. When pressed by repo
In an effort to stop sexually violent predator (SVP) Joshua Cooleyâs placement in a home just outside of Galtâs borders, local officials have petitioned Humboldt County Superior Court Judge John T. Feeney with reasons why Galt is not a good fit for the convict.
Feeney is slated to hear testimony from representatives from Liberty Healthcare and California Department of State Hospitals (DSH) this Friday asking that Cooley be allowed to be placed in the Harvey Road home. Sacramento County Deputy DA Brian Morgan will represent the county at the proceedings to try to stop the placement.
Morgan and the DA office solicited comments from community members to use at the hearing.
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SolarWinds cybersecurity expert Ian Thornton-Trump warned the company in 2017 to improve its internal security to prevent a catastrophic hack
When his recommendations were ignored, he left the firm a month later
US officials say Russian hackers were behind the massive attack that affected more than 250 federal agencies and businesses
The hack is believed to have started as early as October 2019
Employees say SolarWinds CEO Kevin Thompson cut common security practices to save costs and his approach almost tripled SolarWinds annual profit margins
Some engineering offices were moved to Eastern Europe, where the Orion software, which was compromised by the hackers, was partially developed
Russians Are Believed to Have Used Microsoft Resellers in Cyberattacks
Evidence from the security firm CrowdStrike suggests that companies that sell software on behalf of Microsoft were used to break into Microsoft’s Office 365 customers.
New evidence suggests that the SolarWinds hackers used companies that sell software on behalf of Microsoft as a conduit to break into customers’ software.Credit.Sergio Flores/Reuters
Dec. 24, 2020
As the United States comes to grips with a far-reaching Russian cyberattack on federal agencies, private corporations and the nation’s infrastructure, new evidence has emerged that the hackers hunted their victims through multiple channels.
The most significant intrusions discovered so far piggybacked on software from SolarWinds, the Austin-based company whose updates the Russians compromised. But new evidence from the security firm CrowdStrike suggests that companies that sell software on Microsoft’s behalf were also used to break into custom