October disclosures from municipalities, schools and agencies show cyber criminals target those as large as the Department of Public Safety and as small as a town of 1,100.
Smaller Texas municipalities have made recent breach reports to the Office of the Attorney General, as required by law.
The Office of the Attorney General has crafted an intelligent search solution for case workers that illustrates the “art of the possible.”
According to a request for information, the office’s current unit reviewed 23,457 hospital claims and 264 acute-care cases and performed 412 nursing home reviews, bringing in $18,012,570 in recoveries in Fiscal Year 2023.
The settlement stems from a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Ken Paxton in February 2022, accusing the tech giant of violating the state’s Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act and the Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
The Houston-area municipality alerted the public last week to a May security breach.
The department responsible for representing the state in civil litigation has about $57 million budgeted for information technology resources, modernization and capital projects in the 2024-25 biennium.
Some funds, such as the attorney general’s $16.5 million, will help cover IT spending.
A vendor contracting with the state health agency reported a breach to the Office of the Attorney General and has notified those impacted.
Among tech projects, the largest allocation is $119 million for data center consolidation, followed by $43 million for data center services modernization.
During the 2022-2023 fiscal year, the Texas Department of Transportation led the spending on IT goods among all departments.
The office spent $12 million in January, with a little more than half spent on computer services. The office spent $10 million on tech in January 2022.
The consolidated school district and county officials have FBI assistance in the matter.
Agencies have filled a number of lower-priced contracts that support their employees and constituents.
During the second quarter of the calendar year, 257 total purchases were made from 39 vendors.
The department that protects the state and its residents spent $11.41 million on IT services in 2021.
