Connecticut is creating the Connecticut Cyber Task Force.
The Connecticut Cyber Task Force will consist of:
- a mix of Local, state and federal law enforcement agencies:
- FBI
- Drug Enforcement Administration
- U.S. Secret Service
- U.S. Postal Inspection Service
- Homeland Security Investigations
- Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation
- Defense Criminal Investigative Service
- Connecticut State Police
- 11 police departments from across the state, including the Bridgeport, Bristol, Fairfield, Greenwich, Hartford, New Canaan, New London, Norwalk, Stamford, Torrington and Westport Police Departments
- coordinated efforts for emerging cyber threats
- provide training, resources and investigative strategies to address the significant ransomware and business email compromise attacks
2 Priorities of the tax force:
- identify and disrupt criminal organizations that use computer intrusions to defraud companies of their money and information
- target criminal activity on the dark web