It looks like the "state's most trusted news" isn't so trusted.
Mark Gower, the state's Chief Security Officer, announced yesterday that his Cybercommand Unit was blocking access to NewsOK.com. If you noticed State employees being cheerful and productive yesterday, I guess that explains it.
Here's an email that was forwarded to us via the Ogle Mole Network:
Good Morning,
Out of an abundance of caution the State of Oklahoma Cybercommand is actively blocking access to the NewsOk.com website.
We apologize for the impact but we believe this is a necessary step to provide the security required for the state.
We recommend all agencies that have abilities to impact website blocking to implement the same until a release is provide by the State CyberCommand.
Mark Gower, C|CISO, CISSP, CISM, CBCPState of Oklahoma - Chief Security OfficerState of Oklahoma CyberCommand DirectorOklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services – Information Services Division
That's interesting. I wonder why they blocked access? Were they tired of state employees being Carlsoned? Did Steve Lackmeyer's OKC Central chats crash the system? Did too many people click on "13 Gifs of Kevin Durant playing with Puppies?"