Michigan thwarts online attacks on records

Gov Rick Snyder’s administration has fended off a 19 percent rise in online attacks on millions of state records in the past two years — a sign that cybersecurity is a growing duty for government. The state said it spends $10 million a year on 23 technicians who staff an around-the-clock electronics security center that handles 187,000 cyberattacks a day, up from 157,459 a day in 2010. Like other states and the federal government, Michigan is dealing with online hacker attacks that are more frequent and sophisticated.