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City IT director: Encryption ransom is common problem
Boeing volunteers join Stewardship Partners in creek bank restoration By EVAN PAPPAS
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Four years after planting new trees alongside Ames Creek in Carnation, Boeing and Stewardship Partners returned over the weekend to clear away invasive plant species and maintain the trees they had planted. On April 16, approximately 25 volunteers from Boeing teamed up with Stewardship Partners, a non-profit organization that works with private landowners to help restore and maintain the
By EVAN PAPPAS Staff Reporter
Every year, Jazz Walk organizer Danny Kolke does his best to add something to the musical event that turns most of downtown North Bend into a pedestrian zone for one night. Sometimes it’s a new venue, or a new artist, or, a couple of years ago, the new high school jazz Page 8 band showcase. This year’s event, starting at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 23, will stick to tradition with 20 venues featuring live music by more than 200 performers, plus a couple of new twists. Kolke is particularly excited about the newest venue, Compass Outdoor Adventure. “They’re located upstairs in the big Sunset Garage (on North Bend Way and Bendigo). We’re really glad to have
While the recent hacking of a Duvall Fire District computer resulted in the city of Snoqualmie having to pay a $750 ransom, it could have been worse. A lot worse. “This was not a targeted attack because the ransom would have been much higher,” said P.J. Rodriguez, information technology director for the city of Snoqualmie. “Just about a month ago an L.A. hospital paid about $40,000 for their data. This happens a lot.” In late January 2016, an administrative staffer at Duvall Fire Protection District 45, opened a fake invoice email that encrypted all of the files on the computer, locking away important information and holding it for ransom. When the computer was infected, the fire district called Snoqualmie. The fire district contracts with the city of Snoqualmie’s IT department to provide technical support on a monthby-month basis. Snoqualmie IT visited the fire district’s office and did some verification and forensics to find out what had happened. “We realized this was a ‘cryptolocker’ event,” Rodriguez said. “It’s a nasty
SEE BOXLEY’S, 5
SEE HACK, 5
Evan Pappas/Staff Photo
Boeing volunteers dressed in green, blue and pink, speak with Chris LaPointe, Snoqualmie stewardship program manager, and Geoff Bough, habitat restoration field crew lead, about the work ahead of them. From left: Jenna Ferguson, Geoff Bough, Adam Brunets, Andrew Barker and Chris LaPointe. natural environment of Washington to complete the maintenance work. Started in 1999, Stewardship Partners has
worked with more than 31 landowners in the Snoqualmie Valley, planted more than 125,000 trees and installed habitat buffers
like the one they worked on at Ames Creek in 2014. SEE EARTH DAY, 2
Closing time
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2016 Jazz Walk will be last event at Boxley’s Restaurant By CAROL LADWIG Editor
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Boxley’s founder Danny Kolke plays on the restaurants grand piano at the 2014 Jazz Walk.
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