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Cowlitz County IT reports widespread suspicious network activity; commissioners authorize up to $150,000 for CrowdStrike incident response
Summary
Cowlitz County IT director reported tens of thousands of suspicious network flows and recommended contracting an incident‑response vendor. After discussing options and procurement constraints, the Board of Commissioners approved authorizing IT to contract with CrowdStrike up to $150,000 to investigate and contain the activity.
Cowlitz County IT Director Travis Suschini told the Board of Commissioners that the county has seen a sharp increase in suspicious network traffic over the past two months and a dramatic spike last Friday "where there were tens of thousands of network flows" to internet destinations with known bad reputations.
Suschini said the activity became more frequent and widespread, coming from dozens to potentially hundreds of internal hosts, and that investigators see signs consistent with lateral movement and command‑and‑control behavior: "we see evidence of information coming from more than 100 addresses on the network." He said…
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