It’s coming to you in a live-stream as the Montgomery County Sentinel sponsors a groundbreaking event with all three Democratic candidates for Montgomery County Executive at Temple Beth Ami Wednesday April 30th at 7 p.m. Moderated by Managing Editor, Brian Karem, The...
Day: April 20, 2014
Cyberattacks threaten Md agencies, but no evidence of major disruptions
Maryland government entities have suffered at least six cyberattacks since the beginning of 2013, according to incident reports from the Department of Information Technology.
The heavily-redacted reports, obtained by Capital News Service through a Maryland Public Information Act request, reveal that data-hungry hackers and scammers aren’t only going after retailers like Target and Neiman Marcus — they’re targeting state agencies.
Rascovar column: The political isolation of Garrett County
There is nowhere in Maryland more isolated and cut off from the rest of the state than Garrett County, considered a part of the Pittsburgh census area. Adding to the county’s isolation is a political reality: Garrett is overwhelmingly Republican. Democrats are outnumbered 2-1. The mountain politics practiced there are decidedly conservative and at odds with the ruling liberal Democratic majority in the megalopolis far to the east.
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