Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 21, 2023 -- NINE
Oregonians’ DMV First farm crawl hailed a success
data accessed as
part of global hack
Incident is part of international attack
on data transfer software MOVEit
and includes big-name victims BBC,
British Airways and Nova Scotia
SALEM—The Oregon
Department of Transporta-
tion is among many orga-
nizations affected by a data
breach inflicted by a global
hack of the data transfer
software MOVEit Trans-
fer, the agency announced
Thursday. This ODOT data
includes personal infor-
mation from the Dept. of
Motor Vehicles (DMV) for
approximately 3.5 million
holders of Oregon ID or
driver’s licenses.
How did it happen?
Since 2015, ODOT has
used MOVEit Transfer, a
popular file sharing tool
created and supported by
Progress Software Corp
that allows organizations
to securely transfer files
and data between business
partners and customers. On
Thursday, June 1, the Cy-
bersecurity and Infrastruc-
ture Security Agency issued
a zero-day vulnerability
alert stating that PSC had
released a security adviso-
ry for MOVEit Transfer,
and that the software had a
vulnerability which could
allow an attacker to “take
over an affected system.”
ODOT says it moved
immediately to secure its
systems and is confident
that they are working safely.
At the same time,
ODOT worked closely with
state cyber security services
and engaged a third-party
security specialist for anal-
ysis. Our analysis identified
multiple files shared via
MOVEit Transfer that were
accessed by unauthorized
actors before they received
the security alert.
On Monday, June 12,
ODOT confirmed that the
accessed data contained
personal information for
approximately 3.5 million
Oregonians. While much of
this information is available
broadly, some of it is sensi-
tive personal information.
The agency says it does
not have the ability to iden-
tify if any specific individu-
al’s data has been breached
but that individuals who
have an active Oregon ID
or driver’s license should
assume information relat-
ed to that ID is part of this
breach. They recommend
individuals take precau-
tionary measures to protect
themselves from misuse of
this information, such as
accessing and monitoring
personal credit reports.
What should I do now?
If you think you may
have been affected, here’s
what you should do now:
Under federal law, you
have the right to receive, at
your request, a free copy
of your credit report every
12 months from each of
the three consumer credit
reporting companies. A
credit report can provide in-
formation about those who
have received your credit
history. You may request a
free credit report online at
www.annualcreditreport.
com or by telephone at
1-877-322-8228.
When you receive your
credit reports, check for any
transactions or accounts that
you do not recognize. If you
see anything you do not un-
derstand, call the telephone
number listed on the credit
report or visit the Federal
Trade Commission’s Web
site on identity theft at
http://www.consumer.gov/
idtheft/. Additionally, you
may wish to ask each of
the three credit monitoring
agencies to freeze your
credit files.
• Equifax: equifax.
com/personal/credit-re-
port-services or 1-800-685-
1111
• Experian: experian.
com/help or 1-888-397-
3742
• TransUnion:
transunion.com/credit-help
or 1-888-909-8872
For information, you
can reach out to Ask ODOT,
your first point of contact
for finding information,
services or resolving issues
with ODOT. They can be
reached by email at AskO-
DOT@odot.oregon.gov.
ODOT officials says
they have notified law en-
forcement and that work to
understand the full impact
of this incident is ongoing.
As they learn more, affected
parties will be notified as
required.
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Tyler Cimmiyotti and Walker Haak take a break in a handy
tractor bucket at W-L Ranch on Willow Creek. -Photo by
Tylynn Cimmiyotti
Canyon Keyes (left) and Emersen Baker hang out with the
sheep at Tin Willows Sheep Dairy and Ranch Saturday during
the Farm Crawl. -Photo by Tylynn Cimmiyotti
Farm Crawl attendees look over the items at Seed & Trowel
in Lexington. -Photo by Tylynn Cimmiyotti
Despite a chilly and
windy day, at least 80 at-
tendees participated in the
first-ever South Morrow
Farm Crawl last Saturday.
The inaugural South Mor-
row County Farm Crawl
and Community Event was
hailed as a success by orga-
nizers, drawing attendees
from various corners of the
state and fostering a sense
of community among par-
ticipants.
Julie Baker, one of the
event organizers, said the
event provided an opportu-
nity for visitors to immerse
themselves in the world of
agriculture, engage with
local farmers and ranchers,
and explore the wonders of
agritourism.
“Many attendees
shared their highlights and
favorite experiences,” said
Baker. “The variety of farm
animals was popular, but
so were the connections
made with the farmers and
ranchers on site.”
Participants had the
chance to visit seven pro-
ducers during the self-guid-
ed tour that covered six
stops ranging from Cecil to
upper Willow Creek. Farms
included in the Farm Crawl
were Blown Away Ranch,
Tin Willows Sheep Dairy
& Ranch, Seed and Trow-
el, Three Seasons Honey,
Neiffer Triangle 4 Ranch,
Red Barn Ranch and W-L
Ranch.
The tour wrapped up
with a community event
at Heppner’s fit park. The
community event featured
20 area vendors and live
music by Skillethead.
Four adult teams also
Skillethead performed for the crowd at the community event at
the fit park in Heppner Saturday. -Photo by Tylynn Cimmiyotti
faced off in a cornhole
tournament, with the team
of Linsey and Jason Han-
na taking the grand prize.
Nick Wenberg and Jaime
Cavan took top honors for
the youth.
“One of the Farm
Crawl’s missions was to
create connections and pro-
mote knowledge about the
county’s agricultural and
agritourism opportunities,
and it seems this goal was
accomplished,” Baker said.
The organizers of the
Farm Crawl hope to make
this an annual event and
encourage all attendees to
participate in a post event
survey. Results will sup-
port future planning and
improvements to the event.
The link can be found on
southmorrowfarmcrawl.
com.
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this year, OGEC met on
April 28 and found reason
to open an investigation.
Investigator Susan Myers
recommended investigating
with the end goal of provid-
ing a letter of education.
Sweek told the com-
mission that the omission
was an oversight.
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Sweek opted to settle
the issue without com-
pleting the investigative
phase. According to OGEC
records, he will receive a
letter of education in lieu of
a civil penalty, which could
have been up to $5,000.
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