Cyberattack hits New York state government’s bill drafting office

“We have to go back to the more antiquated system we had in place from 1994,” Hochul, a Democrat, said in a WNYC radio interview. “You know this happened very, very early in the morning and so we’ve been on top of this.”

“Our understanding right now is that it will take a little bit longer to deal with the legislative side of it because a lot of data is included in the computers,” she said of the budget process.

Asked if the incident was a politically motivated attack, Hochul said “I don’t know.”

In a statement, Mike Murphy, a spokesman for the leader of the state Senate, said the bill drafting office “can still process work for the houses and we don’t believe this will delay the overall process.”