COVID-19 Exploited by Malicious Cyber Actors (Cleveland Police Department)

Dear Emma Best,
Thank you for your interest in public records of the City of Cleveland. Your request has been received and is being processed in accordance with the Ohio Sunshine Laws. Your request was received in this office on 4/24/2020 and has been given the reference number P005808-042420 for tracking purposes.
Records Requested: To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Ohio Open Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

* Records mentioning, describing or generated in response to CISA Alert AA20-099A, FBI/IC3 Alert I-032020-PSA, or the CDC alert titled "COVID-19-Related Phone Scams and Phishing Attacks"
* Records mentioning, describing or generated in response to COVID-19 related phishing attempts, such as those described in the CDC alert, FBI/IC3 Alert I-032020-PSA and CISA Alert AA20-099A
* Records mentioning, describing or generated in response to fake CDC emails, such as those described in FBI/IC3 Alert I-032020-PSA
* Records mentioning, describing or generated in response to APT groups using the COVID-19 pandemic as part of their cyber operations, such as those described in CISA Alert AA20-099A
* Records mentioning, describing, or generated as part of or in response to the assessment that the above activities' "goals and targets are consistent with long-standing priorities such as espionage and “hack-and-leak” operations", as described in CISA Alert AA20-099A

I am a member of the news media and request classification as such. I have previously written about the government and its activities, with some reaching over 100,000 readers in outlets such as Gizmodo, MuckRock, Motherboard, Property of the People, Unicorn Riot, and The Outline, among others. As such, as I have a reasonable expectation of publication and my editorial and writing skills are well established. In addition, I discuss and comment on the files online and make them available through non-profits such as the library Internet Archive and the journalist non-profit MuckRock, disseminating them to a large audience. While my research is not limited to this, a great deal of it, including this, focuses on the activities and attitudes of the government itself. As such, it is not necessary for me to demonstrate the relevance of this particular subject in advance.

As my primary purpose is to inform about government activities by reporting on it and making the raw data available, I request that fees be waived.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days.

Sincerely,

Emma Best

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RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST of Reference # P005808-042420 Dear Emma Best, The City of Cleveland received a public record request from you on April 24, 2020. You requested the following: “To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Ohio Open Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

* Records mentioning, describing or generated in response to CISA Alert AA20-099A, FBI/IC3 Alert I-032020-PSA, or the CDC alert titled "COVID-19-Related Phone Scams and Phishing Attacks"
* Records mentioning, describing or generated in response to COVID-19 related phishing attempts, such as those described in the CDC alert, FBI/IC3 Alert I-032020-PSA and CISA Alert AA20-099A
* Records mentioning, describing or generated in response to fake CDC emails, such as those described in FBI/IC3 Alert I-032020-PSA
* Records mentioning, describing or generated in response to APT groups using the COVID-19 pandemic as part of their cyber operations, such as those described in CISA Alert AA20-099A
* Records mentioning, describing, or generated as part of or in response to the assessment that the above activities' "goals and targets are consistent with long-standing priorities such as espionage and “hack-and-leak” operations", as described in CISA Alert AA20-099A

I am a member of the news media and request classification as such. I have previously written about the government and its activities, with some reaching over 100,000 readers in outlets such as Gizmodo, MuckRock, Motherboard, Property of the People, Unicorn Riot, and The Outline, among others. As such, as I have a reasonable expectation of publication and my editorial and writing skills are well established. In addition, I discuss and comment on the files online and make them available through non-profits such as the library Internet Archive and the journalist non-profit MuckRock, disseminating them to a large audience. While my research is not limited to this, a great deal of it, including this, focuses on the activities and attitudes of the government itself. As such, it is not necessary for me to demonstrate the relevance of this particular subject in advance.

As my primary purpose is to inform about government activities by reporting on it and making the raw data available, I request that fees be waived.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days.

Sincerely,

Emma Best” Thisrequest is overbroad and improperly seeks a complete duplication of theCity's records rather than identify the requested records withsufficient clarity as required in State ex rel. Dillery v. Icsman(2001), 92 Ohio St.3d 312, 314-315 and State ex rel. Glasgow v. Jones,2008, 119 Ohio St. 3d 391. If you have any questions, or wish to discuss this further, you can reply to this email or go to the Cleveland Public Records Center and Send a New Message. (https://u8387778.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=6HtRfOYLt5fXvpttM-2FU1HT8pjG76DxeqVUQTUsuNsm5BMnuWuXFtfFjz37GCUBGaySSyG7fj0hutUdmPPqsaZIS2-2FPXDTxebpySbhzDrZks-3DRNVv_ta6UMB2YwfOMy8hSCGBfNEWfBVTHIcFY8GdclEwR8vWSG8EcFRt36k0Q-2BPSHb4z3j39oawQSis-2FR4glrYTj3GPk5v0LhV7d-2BzexniTUiy4nq4t9xMBr5-2FdAwTd1rgqpASmYBUiHftrM4HYpaza-2B99D-2FIJrYO4nsX3V1esuh0CQd-2B7iSJ6wr1f8fOUT4-2BkqxYfGRYZq0HQbbm6yZX6zYWp8orB1jX1j3d6nl7kFlsdFr5T594lHTAwCB3i5Iu-2Fzygz4UUYO-2BiL0WQE910-2Bgeeu7DX8WYwxpOBh4WxPw-2FOmC8-2FxSFb67t7bpSW-2BbsBPu-2FCwiTZAS5K3qCT0DpAQPctGNM3pGM9x0nf2QcxY3VTEg1Pixzv0EHBG9mJnzMX8CRHs-2FMHtntX0zFaPbtF3PzCtQ-3D-3D)
Sincerely, City of Cleveland - Public Records