The St. George Fire Protection District is suing a Baton Rouge cybersecurity firm after hackers were found to have gained access to the fire district’s network— and were lying in wait for a future attack.
In a suit filed on May 23, the fire district is seeking damages for a December 2023 security breach that its contracted cybersecurity firm, General Informatics, allegedly failed to prevent.
Hackers in that attack were found to have been “living off the land” inside St. George Fire Protection District’s computer network, meaning they were using legitimate and trusted software tools already built into the network to evade detection and gain access to other trusted networks…