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Cleveland Municipal Court Hit by Cyber Attack

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 3/10/2025

Cleveland Municipal Court has been shut down the past two weeks as it grapples with a cyber incident. The nature and scope of this incident is not yet publicly known, but it is reasonable to suggest that the Court may have...more

Alabama City Hit with Ransomware

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 6/12/2020

On June 5, 2020, Florence, Alabama’s information technology systems were hit with ransomware by the DoppelPaymer group demanding a ransom payment of $378,000 in bitcoin....more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2020 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 3/13/2020

City of Durham, NC Hit With Ryuk Ransomware - Another city—Durham, North Carolina—has become the victim of a ransomware attack stemming from a Russian hacker group following a successful phishing scheme. After falling...more

City of Durham, NC Hit With Ryuk Ransomware

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 3/13/2020

Another city—Durham, North Carolina—has become the victim of a ransomware attack stemming from a Russian hacker group following a successful phishing scheme....more

Ransomware—to Pay or Not to Pay and Should We Get a Bitcoin Wallet Just in Case?

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/18/2020

There’s nothing worse than paying criminals. And paying a ransom for data is just that—paying criminals for a criminal act. All you get out of the payment is access to your data....more

Municipalities vs. Ransomware Attacks - Who's Winning?

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 1/29/2020

Ransomware attacks on municipalities were on the rise in 2019, with two-thirds of known ransomware attacks in the United States targeting governments, and the trend is expected to continue for 2020. It is important for...more

Emerging Cyber-Security Threats for 2020: The Rise of Disruptionware and High-Impact Ransomware Attacks

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 1/27/2020

Disruptionware is defined by the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT) as a new and “emerging category of malware designed to suspend operations within a victim organization through the compromise of the...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - December 2019 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 12/13/2019

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards activated the State’s cybersecurity team recently after several State offices’ computers started acting strangely. The IT team identified an intrusion of Ryuk ransomware and which programs...more

Pensacola Hit with Cyber-Attack

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/13/2019

Just hours after the shooting incident at the Pensacola Air Station last week, city officials in Pensacola discovered that the city was the victim of a ransomware attack....more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - September 2019

Robinson & Cole LLP on 9/13/2019

The Wolcott school system in Wolcott, Connecticut has been recovering for four months from a ransomware attack that hit its system at the end of the school year. Last week, it was hit with a second attack. According to...more

School System Victimized by Second Ransomware Attack in Months

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 9/13/2019

The Wolcott school system in Wolcott, Connecticut has been recovering for four months from a ransomware attack that hit its system at the end of the school year when it was hit with a second attack last week. ...more

Municipalities and School Systems: Educate Your Employees

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 9/13/2019

The pace and number of cyber-attacks against municipalities and school systems is staggering and likes of which we have never seen. Municipalities and school systems are obvious targets for cyber criminals as it is well known...more

Protect Your Municipality from Ransomware Attacks

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 9/6/2019

From big cities and small cities to school districts and beach towns, more than 40 municipalities have been the victim of a cyberattack this year. The New York Times described the season that ended on Monday as a “summer of...more

Twenty-three Texas Municipalities Crushed by Coordinated Ransomware Attack

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/26/2019

We have definitely seen an uptick in the number of ransomware attacks against municipalities around the country. Thus far, the attacks have been against single cities, towns, and court systems, and recently against a...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2019 #4

Robinson & Cole LLP on 8/25/2019

We have definitely seen an uptick in the number of ransomware attacks against municipalities around the country. Thus far, the attacks have been against single cities, towns, and court systems, and recently against a...more

Can You Really Protect Against Ransomware?

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/16/2019

We’ve written a few times recently about municipalities, companies, and government agencies hit with ransomware attacks this year. In early July, it was reported that a court system in Georgia was attacked with ransomware,...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - June 2019 #4

Robinson & Cole LLP on 6/28/2019

Security researchers have warned municipalities repeatedly about how they are being targeted with ransomware, that they are at high risk, and the need to make data security a high priority. Please see full Publication blow...more

Florida Municipalities Getting Hammered with Ransomware

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 6/28/2019

Security researchers have warned municipalities repeatedly about how they are being targeted with ransomware, that they are at high risk, and the need to make data security a high priority....more

Orange County, NC Hit with Ransomware Attack

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 3/21/2019

The headlines of hacking incidents against counties, cities and towns are racking up like the retail space was several years ago....more

Jackson County, Georgia Pays Hackers $400,000 After Ransomware Attack

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 3/18/2019

Cities and towns continue to be a profitable target for successful ransomware attacks. As we previously reported, the list of cities and towns getting hit with ransomware attacks continues to grow....more

Sammamish, Washington Declares Emergency After Ransomware Attack

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/4/2019

I was a speaker at a recent conference of municipalities in a state last week, and during my presentation, I mentioned the various cyber-attacks that have affected cities, towns and educational departments in the U.S....more

Atlanta Cyberattack Shows Importance of Cybersecurity for Municipalities

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 4/4/2018

On March 22, 2018, a cyberattack hit the City of Atlanta. A ransomware program infected the City’s computer systems. That malware encrypted the city’s files, and officials believe it may also have provided unauthorized...more

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