June 27, 2019, 11:45 AM
ZSMICHAELCity of Atlanta hit by ransomware attack
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ransomeware.
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Your spellcheck is broken. It should be ran some where.
June 27, 2019, 12:00 PM
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Originally posted by buddy357:
City of Baltimore sites for paying bills online (water, property tax, speed cameras, etc) have been down since May 7th because of ransomeware. I think we’ll see a lot more of this.
I heard on the radio today that it is costing 18 million dollars to recover from this. I’m guessing it would have been better to pay the ransom and use the budget to secure the system.
June 27, 2019, 02:01 PM
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I heard on the radio today that it is costing 18 million dollars to recover from this. I’m guessing it would have been better to pay the ransom and use the budget to secure the system.
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Maybe they should getting better software. In IT language IMPROVE THEIR SECURITY POSTURE UTILIZING ENHANCED CUSTOMER FACING APPLICATIONS.