The Iowa Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management shut down its Web site Wednesday night after a hacker gained access and defaced it, state officials said Thursday.
It was the second serious hacking incident within the past five weeks in state government. On Jan 26, a licensing database of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission was breached by a hacker, possibly from China, compromising personal data for 80,000 people.
No sensitive information was compromised within the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, said Lucinda Robertson, an agency spokeswoman. But the Web site remained inaccessible Thursday while a forensic examination was conducted to determine how the breach occurred, she said.
Two other state Web sites — one for veterans and another for individual and family emergency preparedness — were also compromised.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is participating in the investigation, Robertson said.
Several outside experts said Thursday the two hacking incidents should be a wake-up call for state officials to strengthen their computer security efforts.
"What this does suggest is that maybe state government hasn't put cyber security at the top of their priorities," said Ryan Meyer, president of Meyer Technology Group in Des Moines.
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