Pwned: The Information Security Podcast

Pwned: The Information Security Podcast


Episode 187 - Pwned Making the Case for Judicial Security

November 22, 2023

Following Justin's work with members of the press on the recent Kansas City court system ransomware shutdown, he and Jack are talking about the potential impacts and repercussions of increasing cyberattacks against the judiciary. There are issues of timely judgements, sealed records, even courts paying criminals, as the Pwned team judges the situation and brings some new evidence to the discussion of causes and prevention.


See Justin in the press: https://www.wibw.com/2023/10/19/cybersecurity-expert-explains-issues-facing-kansas-courts-they-remain-offline/.


Key Takeaways:


00:00 – Title sequence

00:22 – Introduction

00:51 – Incident Details

01:42 – Courts shut down: back to basics

04:10 – Chain of custody in the event of a ransomware attack?

05:13 – Justin’s press presence: analogies

06:48 – Courts paying criminals?

07:18 – ETA for opening the courts

09:32 – Targets and motivation

11:23 – Are attackers getting all information, or are there barriers for information that should be protected?

14:04 – CJIS

16:15 – Digitizing paper files for security

17:20 -- Recap


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