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St. Clair County Courthouse in downtown Belleville, Illinois.
Editor s note: This story was originally published in the Belleville News-Democrat, a news partner of St. Louis Public Radio
St. Clair County’s website is back online following an alleged ransomware attack that may have given a hacker group several gigabytes of sensitive data.
A ransomware group calling itself Grief claimed it targeted the county along with several other organizations demanding payment in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Monero, according to several publications specializing in cybersecurity.
In screenshots of the group’s website, obtained by the Belleville News-Democrat
, the group claims it has 2.5 gigabytes of data including internal company documents, personal and customer information.
St. Clair County has plenty of COVID vaccines, but not enough arms to inject them into
Belleville News-Democrat 2 days ago Kelsey Landis, Belleville News-Democrat
Apr. 1 St. Clair County has administered nearly 126,000 COVID-19 vaccines since mid-December, but the problem is no longer about the supply it s the demand, public health officials said Tuesday.
A lot of people still don t know that anyone over 16 who lives, works or attends school in Illinois is eligible. Or they don t know how to schedule an appointment, St. Clair County Chairman Mark Kern said during a virtual town hall with local legislators and vaccination effort leaders. Only 20% of the population in St. Clair County has been fully vaccinated.
Shockingly unacceptable : After 9 new COVID-19 deaths, St. Clair County leaders ask residents to help limit spread We are way above that national average of one in 1000 people that have died in the county, St. Clair County Chairman Mark Kern said in the county s briefing Author: Sara Machi Updated: 7:37 PM CST December 29, 2020
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. The open sign glows brightly at Cosmic Comics on Main Street Belleville, a status not possible for every neighboring business.
“Most of the restaurants down the street are shut down. A lot of them have suspended all operations until spring,” Cosmic Comic owner Dave Dyer said.