Maldden alld a Vol. 32, No. 5 den AADD -FREEy Steve Freker T he City of Malden is using a “full court press” of local, state and federal resources to conduct a deep investigation of a serious cyberattack last week on municipal digital information systems. The key focus of the response team and joint resources is to assess the full impact of the cyberattack and consequently determine if there had been a data breach of municipal information as a result of the January 25 cyberattack. Mayor Gary Christenson, along with his team of city offi cials working on the response to the incident, earlier this week issued a detailed update on the city’s response to what city offi cials called a “focused cyber attack” on city systems on Wednesday, JanuThe New Advocate Online: www.advocatenews.net CT AT 617-387-2200 www.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday Malden hit with cyber attack on digital information systems last week City responds to targeted attack with investigation with combined resources of Malden IT personnel, MPD, State Police, FBI and U.S. Secret Service; primary focus is to determine potential existence, extent of any municipal data breach ary 25. The cyberattack shut down An incident response team comprised of Malden IT personnel, Malden Police, State Police, FBI and U.S. Secret Service have been investigating a cyberattack on the city of Malden’s information technology system which essentially shut down city operations for a period of time last Wednesday, January 25. nearly all of the city’s informational technology (IT) systems for a period of time on January 25, including internet access and municipal telephones, in addition to other IT programs city employees use to perform necessary tasks on a daily basis. While the city of Malden’s telephone system and email communication availability were restored at the end of last week into the beginning of this week, as of Tuesday, January 31, municipal employees still had limited access to some city IT internal systems as the investigation continues, according to city offi cials. In the offi cial statement issued this week, city officials CYBERATTACK | SEE PAGE 11 Coyotes are here to stay; residents attend informative presentation OCATE E Friday, February 3, 2023 B-r-r-r-r-r!! Coldest weather in half a decade moves into the region today, with below-zero temperatures & potential -40 wind chill Area residents warned to take precautions – dress warmly, stay inside whenever possible EXTREME COLD STARTS TODAY: A dangerously cold air mass is moving into Massachusetts by early evening today. (Courtesy Photo) By Steve Freker ll talk of the supposedly mild winter of 2022-23 will disappear this weekend as some of the coldest weather in half a decade rush in with an arctic wave. The extreme cold will aff ect the entire state of Massachusetts, according to the National Weather Service, including Eastern Massachusetts and The Advocate readership area of Everett, Malden, Saugus and Revere. Forecasters say the mega-exA Pictured from left to right: Police Chief Glenn Cronin, Mayor Gary Christenson, Black Bear & Furbearer Project Leader David Wattles, Northeast District Wildlife Biologist Chalis Bird, City Council President Barbara Murphy and Animal Control Offi cer Kevin Alkins. By Tara Vocino B iologists from the Mass. Division of Fisheries and Wildlife presented a discussion on coyotes last Thursday night at Forestdale School. Northeast District Wildlife Biologist Chalis Bird and Black Bear & Furbearer Project Leader David WatCOYOTES | SEE PAGE 10 treme cold air mass – which combined with wind gusts could produce a near-record, -40 below zero wind chill factor – arrives late tonight and early Saturday morning, and temperatures could drop as low as 5 to 10 degrees below zero by midnight. It is potentially record-setting, as the existing record for February 4 in Boston is -4 degrees below zero. A -5 degrees reading would establish a new record cold. It would be the coldest air in the city since Valentine’s Day weekend in 2016, when temperatures dropped to -9 degrees. The extreme temperatures will settle in in the early morning hours on Saturday and rise slightly above zero and only as high as about 10-15 degrees throughout the day. According to the National Weather Service, a “brutal windchill” will accompany the dangerously cold air mass, which could dip as low as 25-40 degrees below zero in our greater Boston and North Shore areas of Massachusetts – even lower to -40 below zero in other parts of the state. One of the most dangerous aspects of the extreme cold air WEATHER | SEE PAGE 11 $3.99 GALLON We accept: MasterCard * Visa * & Discover Price Subject to Change without notice 100 Gal. Min. 24 Hr. Service 781-286-2602
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