Malware Cripples City Hall

A3 + PLUS >> Nowhere to hide, Opinion/4A SOFTBALL CHS FOOTBALL 3 Tigers make Camiel decommits all-star team from S. Alabama See Page 5A See Page 5A TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2019 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM CYBERATTACK Malware cripples JULIUS CONSTANTINE MOTAL/AP Photo Daniel Graham City Hall Email, phones taken out by assault of unknown origin. West Point By CARL MCKINNEY [email protected] glory for After becoming the victim of a ransomware attack with possible North Korean origins, Lake City officials reported all email systems and most phone lines had CHS grad been knocked out as of Monday. Columbia alum can now The main culprit, add USMA to his resume. known as the Ryuk ransomware, struck By TONY BRITT sometime in recent [email protected] days, said City Manager As a black man, Daniel Graham Helfenberger Joe Helfenberger. The understands the significance of attack was noticed graduating from the United States Monday, but may have occurred before Military Academy. or over the weekend. “We’ve had a bunch of presidents, Officials had no estimate for when the astronauts and things of that sort. issue would be fixed. There’s not a lot of black people that “We’re working with some expert go to West Point,” Graham said. “I help to remedy this,” Helfenberger was privileged to be one of the few said. minorities and African Americans at Ryuk was the main component in a West Point.” Graham, Columbia High School COURTESY three-pronged attack commonly called Class of 2011, graduated from West Daniel Graham adjusts his beret after his promotion to second lieu- Triple Threat. Point on May 25 and is preparing to tenant in the United States Army. Graham graduated West Point last Triple Threat uses two types of Trojan continue his military month. TOP: West Point cadets toss their caps into the air at the end of viruses — Emotet and TrickBot — to career as an officer. graduation ceremonies at the United States Military Academy on May deliver Ryuk to the target system. ‘I met He was among the 25 in West Point, N.Y. Somewhere among them is Graham. continued on 2A some 960 cadets who took MALWARE really great part in the com- leaders mencement exercise. and officers He joined the Army in 2011 and Killer takes who men- entered a West Point tored me,’ prep school in 2015. plea in child Graham As an active-duty said. member of the military, he had to get a enticement reference letter from From staff reports his company commander and battal- ion commander to gain admittance A man who moved to Fort White into the prestigious military school four days after spending 34 years in in West Point, New York. an Indiana prison for murder was sent “I didn’t have much money, didn’t to prison again Monday have much responsibility, and I met for his interactions with some really great leaders and officers who mentored me,” Graham a local 12-year-old girl. said. “They thought that I had what William Edward it takes to become an officer.” COURTESY Ward, 61, accepted a With such encouragement, he set Lakeisha James (left) stands with her nephew Daniel Graham and plea deal and was sen- out to become an officer. Graham’s mother Angela Harris on campus at West Point last month. tenced to seven years While at West Point, Graham Math),” he said. “I went to Tampa, young age.” Ward and nine months, with said he took advantage of what the Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Graham also worked with the no probation, in the school offered, and was able to trav- Chicago, Los Angeles, New Jersey West Point Diversity Club mentoring Florida Department of Corrections for el the country while working with and Atlanta, Georgia, elementary and tutoring other cadets. sending an obscene photo of his anatomy the college’s Office of Diversity and and middle schools teaching kids Graham takes pride in knowing he and other correspondence to the child. Inclusion. about STEM — mostly minority had what it took to make it through He also has to register as a sex offender “I took a lot of trips to go out communities. I’m a minority, and West Point. under the terms of the plea deal. and teach kids STEM (Science, I know how important it is to get Technology, Engineering and more engineers and get them at a WEST POINT continued on 2A PLEA continued on 2A Vol. 145, No. 63 CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER Obituaries . 3A (386) 752-1293 Opinion . 4A MARLENE KENNEY SUBSCRIBE TO Sports . 5A THE REPORTER: 89 71 Here comes summer, 4A Voice: 755-5445 Advice & Comics . 7A Fax: 752-9400 A few showers IF YOUR HOME COULD TALK WHAT WOULD IT SAY? CARPET CLEANING CARPET | TILE & GROUT | HARDWOOD | UPHOLSTERY $33 386-755-1992 PER ROOM FL #CAC1816408 Residential only; cannot be used for water restoration services. Must present promo code at time of service. Valid at participating locations only. Combined living areas, Expires 6/30/2019 • Must Meet Minimum Charges • CODE: JUNE L-shaped rooms and rooms over 300 sq. ft. are considered 2 areas. Baths, halls, large walk-in closets and area rugs are priced separately. Offer does not include protector. 2A TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2019 LOCAL LAKE CITY REPORTER WEST POINT QUICK HITS Continued From 1A He spent a year at preparatory Scripture of the Day school there, which pushed his attendance to five years. “Forbearing one another, and forgiving one “I graduated (high school) in another, if any man have a quarrel against any: 2011, and I was out of school for even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.” like three or four years, so I had — Colossians 3:13 (KJV) to get a little bit more prep to get back into being an academic,” he said. “It was the long route.” Graham is a military legacy. His Thought for Today father and uncle both served in the Army as did others from both Life is a long lesson in humility. sides of his family. — James M. Barrie, 1860-1937, Scottish writer best “A lot of my family came up for known as creator of Peter Pan. graduation,” he said. Graham, now a second lieu- tenant in the United States Army, is scheduled to attend a Basic Winning Lottery Numbers Officers Leadership training Pick 3: (Sunday p.m.) 9-8-4 course before going to his next Pick 4: (Sunday p.m.) 3-9-2-8 job, which will be in logistics. His Fantasy 5: (Sunday) 4-11-16-19-20 degree is in engineering manage- ment. Graham has no intention of See an error? wasting the opportunity for which The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news COURTESY he worked so hard. items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, Daniel Graham, a Lake City native and a Unites States Military Academy “West Point has a really deep please call the editor. Corrections and clarifications will alumnus, poses in front of a mural in Harlem, New York. Graham joined history,” he said. “Everybody run in this space. Thanks for reading. the United States Army in 2011, went to West Point in 2015 and gradu- knows and loves West Point. I plan to do great things.” ated May 25. Submissions The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you would like to see your organization in the newspaper, send the picture Cyberattack launched against City Hall and information to Robert Bridges: rbridges@lakecityreporter. com. Backup methods are ed an outside consultant information or needs” can MALWARE being used, such as paper with expertise in combating contact police by phone at Continued From 1A receipts for utility payments this sort of attack.” 752-4343, according to a Lake City Reporter and handwritten building There is no evidence press release. HOW TO REACH US BUSINESS ........... 754-0419 “As a result of this permits. credit card information or There’s no unanimous Main number ....... (386) 752-1293 CIRCULATION attack, many systems are Any late fees resulting other sensitive data has consensus as to the origins Fax number ............ 752-9400 Circulation............. 755-5445 Home delivery of the Lake City Reporter out of order,” the Lake City from the attack will be been compromised, accord- of Ryuk, but experts have Online .... www.lakecityreporter.com should be completed by 6:30 a.m. Police Department wrote waived. ing to the city. noted similarities with an The Lake City Reporter, an affiliate Tuesday through Friday, and by 7:30 in a statement. “City per- Utility payments can still Customer payment older strain of ransomware of Community Newspapers Inc., is a.m. on Sunday. published Tuesday through Friday and sonnel are working dili- be made in person at City data is stored off site known as Hermes. Please call 386-755-5445 to report any Sunday at 180 E. Duval St., Lake City, problems with your delivery service. gently to establish alter- Hall, but credit card pay- by third-party vendors, Hermes is believed FL 32055. Periodical postage paid at Lake City, FL, Member Audit Bureau of In Columbia County, customers should nate methods of providing ments were affected by the which would not have to have been part of a Circulation and The Associated Press. call before 10:30 a.m. to report a city services.” attack. been accessed by the state-sponsored attack All material herein is property of the service error for same day re-delivery.

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