Pew Trusts | When cybercriminals struck Lake City, Florida, last June, city officials had to make a tough choice: Pay the hackers or restore systems on their own. Read More
SC Magazine | Almost one year after a ransomware attack struck the city of Cartersville, Ga., municipal officials revealed that they paid a ransom of $380,000 to regain access to their files. The news was made known after the local Daily Tribune News filed a Freedom of Information Act request, which disclosed the payment to mitigate the May 4, 2019 attack. Read More
FOX Carolina | A spokesperson for Spartanburg District One Schools said the school district’s computer network recently fell victim to a ransomware attack. Read More
Week.com | The LaSalle County government is seeing a big interruption to its services this week. The LaSalle County government is seeing a big interruption to its services this week. Read More
The Baltimore Sun | The Baltimore County Council on Monday night unanimously voted for a bipartisan bill to help police more quickly track down possible video evidence of crimes. Read More
The Startup | Here in California we are early adopters of new technology — and guinea pigs for new ideas. We don’t blink an eye when an autonomous vehicle or one wheeled-scooter-thingy rolls down the street. And most of the time we’re okay with technology companies gathering our data so we can have all the conveniences we love — Read More
WJACTV | Officials say the FBI and State Police have no leads on who hacked the city of DuBois' servers a few weeks ago. They say their focus is to make sure this doesn't happen again while also moving in the direction of consolidating with Sandy Township. Read More
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County information technology department learned on Feb. 23 that the network had been infected with a ransomware demand. There is no evidence that any county data has been compromised other than the ability to access it on local machines. Read More
A new group called Communities Against Rider Surveillance (CARS) has formed to raise awareness of Mobility Data Specification (MDS), a dangerous technology that makes it easy for local governments to track people’s personal movements through cities. Read More
WETHERSFIELD — Security versus privacy. A unanimously approved plan for street surveillance cameras in Wethersfield is facing backlash from organizations looking to preserve civil liberties. The cameras are a watchful eye in the sky. Read More