Suffolk Traffic Court Back Online After Cyberattack: Report

HAUPPAUGE, NY — After three months, the Suffolk County Traffic and Parking Violation Agency has begun squaring away tickets and payments — with an estimated 250 to 300 people who are showing up daily since its back online in the wake of the September cyberattack, Newsday has reported.

The agency had been unable to process payments at its headquarters in Hauppauge on-site until Dec. 1, halting anyone from clearing up license suspensions from doing so, county reps told the news outlet. But late fees have been waived, the outlet reported.

Suffolk government's web-based applications were breached in what officials later described as a ransomware attack on Sept. 8. Officials announced in late November that the driver’s license numbers of nearly 500,000 people, who were issued violations in the county's police district, meaning the area patrolled by Suffolk police outside villages, were possibly exposed.

The area of exposure dates back to 2013.

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