City continues to probe possible security breach on email server

Harrison Thorp 7:52 a.m.
Saturday, March 13, 2021 7:55 am

City continues to probe possible security breach on email server

The vulnerability was discovered early in the week, prompting city's IT expert to probe if hackers had breached the system's safeguards. (Courtesy image)

ROCHESTER - Rochester's city manager said on Friday that the city's email system that had been shut down most of the week due to a system vulnerability was now for the most part up and running again.

City Manager Blaine Cox said the majority of city email addresses were back online by 8 a.m.

He said the vulnerability was discovered early in the week, prompting the city's IT expert to probe whether hackers had breached the system's safeguards.

The city officially made the announcement of a potential "vulnerability" on Tuesday.

"We see no evidence of damage or information lost," Cox noted. He added it's unclear when the current investigation into whether or not a cyber attack occurred would be completed.