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JUNE 26, 2020
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COVID-19 surge hits Keizer
By ERIC A. HOWALD
The 97303 zip code was
Of the Keizertimes
also the only one of the top hot
The COVID-19 surge is spots that was not linked to a
hitting Keizer harder than large outbreak from
many other areas in the state.
a single facility,
On Wednesday, June 17, workplace or
the Oregon Heath Authority’s event.
(OHA) weekly report on
E a c h
coronavirus cases found that week, the
the 97303 zip code had 24 OHA r’s Hou is se
more cases than just a week r e l e fe a a t Ta s ylo i n g
i
r l
he
prior. The tally made Keizer r pandemic-
of
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nt
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one of the top nine areas in es for c r e l a t e d
rch
ea
the state where coronavirus
statistics
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tee
r
ize
is spreading, according
to on the virus’
Ke
a report by The Oregonian, spread throughout
which is keeping track of the Oregon. On June 10,
weekly upticks throughout the OHA reported Keizer
the state.
had 86 reported cases of
COVID-19 infection. A week
later, the number jumped
to 110. The June 24 report
was not available at
press time, we
will
update
this
story
online
at
keizertimes.
com
as
soon as it is
available.
While
Keizer does
not
have
an
identifi ed
outbreak
of
coronavirus, the Oregon
State Penitentiary, Santiam
Correctional
Institution,
Salem Hospital, NorPac,
BrucePac and the Amazon
facility, all in neighboring
zip codes, have had reported
outbreaks.
It is possible that Keizer’s
surge in cases could be
linked to those outbreaks and
employees that live here, but
those details are not part of
OHA’s reporting.
A previous outbreak at
The Oaks at Sherwood Park
that included 14 known
cases of COVID-19 and one
death has been contained.
The only other reported
outbreak linked to Keizer was
three cases and one death at
Avamere Court at Keizer.
On Monday, June 22,
Marion County set a new
record with 51 residents
newly-diagnosed individuals
with COVID-19. It was the
highest one-day total since the
fi rst local case on March 9.
After leading the country
in limiting the spread of the
coronavirus, Oregon has
experienced three consecutive
weeks of surging COVID-19
numbers.
“The number of new
infections reported daily
are now at the highest levels
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By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Amemait is salivating.
In ancient Egyptian belief,
Amemait is the devourer of
souls that fail the weighing
of hearts to gain entry to the
afterlife. In Egyptian art, she
has a hippo’s hindquarters,
the trunk and mane of a lion
and the crocodile’s face. It
was believed that, upon death,
one only gained entry to the
afterlife after their heart was
weighed against a feather of
Ma’at, who embodied truth,
balance, order, harmony,
morality and justice.
The deceased’s heart was
placed on one side of a scale
and Ma’at’s feather on the
other. If the scale balanced, the
soul proceeded to the Field
of Reeds. Amemait ate those
with heavier hearts.
Keizerite Itzel Hernandez
felt as though she’s been dangled
over Amemait’s crocodilian
jaw ever since applying for
protection under the Deferred
Action for Childhood Arrivals
(DACA) program, a package
of protections for the children
of undocumented immigrants
brought to the United States
while minors.
“It’s a Band Aid,” said
Hernandez of DACA, put
in place by President Barack
Obama in 2012. The U.S.
Supreme Court ruled last
week that the program could
continue despite attempts
by President Donald Trump
to end it. DACA stipulates
that children brought to the
U.S. under the age of 15 can
apply deferred action from
deportation and become
eligible for work permits and
driver’s licenses and attend
colleges
and
universities
without fear of reprisal.
DACA recipients cannot have
been convicted of a felony or
serious crimes, they cannot
receive federal student aid
and DACA does not provide
a path to citizenship. DACA
protections also have to be
renewed every two years,
which is where the analogy
to Egyptian lore emerges. “We
Keizerite Itzel Hernandez
is a recipient of DACA
protections, but years
of uncertainty are
fostering frustration.
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CYBER THREAT ANALYST: Keizer ransom Lots of talk,
little action
payment furthers hackers’ eff orts
on police,
racism in
schools
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Of late, Brett Callow, a cyber threat
analyst, is like a spider sitting on the
world wide web waiting for news of
hacking strikes like the one that hit
Keizer two weeks ago.
Within an hour of Keizertimes
reporting what had happened, Callow,
who works for the malware and ant-virus
“Every organization
that chooses to pay
a ransom is not only
incentivizing the
criminals, they’re
also providing them
with additional
resources …”
— Brett Callow, cyber threat analyst
software company Emisoft, reached out
to inquire whether city employees had
recently been returning to work after
the pandemic. Emisoft is expecting to
see a rise in hacking of public agencies
and private companies as workers return
to the offi ce, often with computers
stage malware performs various checks
in order to determine whether it has
landed on a potentially valuable target.
For example, by checking whether
the system is connected to a corporate
network. If the system is determined to
be potentially valuable, the attack will
proceed and the data will eventually be
encrypted,” Callow said.
Paying ransoms only exacerbates, and
accelerates hacker activity, he added.
“Payments are the fuel that drives
ransomware,” Callow said. “Every
organization that chooses to pay a ransom
is not only incentivizing the criminals,
BY MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
With the protests spread
across the country regarding
police brutality in the wake
of George Floyd’s death, the
Salem-Keizer School Board
met virtually on Tuesday, June
23 in a work session that in-
volved a conversation which
was planned to be heavily fo-
cused on racism and the use
of School Resource Offi cers
(SRO) at Salem-Keizer Public
Schools (SKPS).
Even though the board has
been meeting virtually over
the last three months due to
COVID-19, this gathering
was vastly different than any
of the ones that this board has
experienced.
More than 180 people
signed up for public testimony.
While only a small percentage
(just under two dozen) were
able to share publicly during
the one-hour time slot given
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loaned out by the agencies they work for
and were operating in less secure home
environments.
On June 10, hackers put the data on
Keizer’s city computers put behind an
encrypted door, and required a ransom
payment of $48,000 before turning over
the numeric key to unlock it.
Not all ransomware works the same
way and the latest versions are more
sophisticated than the old version that
arrived on hacked programs downloaded
from the internet, Callow said.
“Networks are initially compromised
via email or improperly secured internet-
facing servers. At this point, the fi rst-
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