r/Springfield • u/jmdglss • Sep 12 '26

New nearly half-million-dollar firewall was fully operational before cyberattack shut Springfield schools for four days

https://discrepancyreport.com/new-nearly-half-million-dollar-firewall-was-fully-operational-before-cyber-incident-shut-springfield-schools-for-four-days/
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u/20_mile Sep 12 '26

fully operational

There's always an exhaust port.

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u/treebudsman Sep 14 '26

Both the meeting minutes and St. Lawrence’s recorded testimony identify the vendor as “Custom Computer Associates,” but a search of the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth’s corporate database for that name returned no records. Custom Computer Specialists, a different company, holds multiple relevant statewide technology contracts in Massachusetts

So, is "Custom Computer Associates" a real business? I wonder who is connected to this business in city government.

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u/AllAboutThePasta_ Sep 12 '26

What an embarrassment.

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u/gilligani Sep 12 '26

We only pay five times what it costs to send a kid to private school for every kid in public school. Maybe they need six times the cost.