Letters to the editor: Questions over county cyber hack; planning for warehouses
Citizens deserve to know more about Washington County's cybersecurity incident
To the editor:
Recently the Washington County government IT systems have been hacked during the Thanksgiving weekend virtually shutting down electronic services for the county. As the staff and consultants are working to restore services, there has been no discussion, to my knowledge, whether ransomware has been involved or not in this attack.
As cited in The Herald-Mail report, Baltimore in 2019 experienced a ransomware attack where attackers demanded bitcoin payment in order to have services restored. Unfortunately, this has become an all too common event for local governments throughout the country.
The citizens deserve to know this information and how it is being handled by officials. We certainly hope no ransom is involved, however as these incidents typically involve such a request, county officials should be proactive in providing this critical element of this unfortunate outage.
Kurt ShermanClear Spring
A football team is not one person; don't blame Jackson for Ravens' loss
To the editor:
Don't blame Lamar Jackson or any other Ravens players. This is a team game. There were four or five passes dropped, two in the end zone (during last Sunday's loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars).
Don't blame Justin Tucker or anyone else. The Ravens are as good as any team in football. Play as a team; stop blaming one or the other.
Wayne DixBaltimore
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Warehouses are here, but where's the supporting infrastructure?
To the editor:
No matter where I go driving, there’s a huge warehouse, either already working or being built. In many places there are two or three. Yet few road improvements are being built.
Why aren’t the members of our local government officials planning roads to handle the huge amount of truck traffic that is currently or will be happening? Instead of allowing more huge warehouses, it’s time to provide for future road usage for what’s already here, and to leave more green space.
Yes, Hagerstown is in a unique situation at the crossroads of two major interstate highways, but this doesn’t mean we have to allow the population already here to suffer more congestion by adding more warehouses. Speak out, people!
Barbara PengellyWilliamsport
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