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The serious ransomware attack that Baltimore recently suffered has pushed the city government to make extraordinary decisions. According to ethical hacking specialists, after a long meeting government officials decided to transfer about $6 million USD from the public works fund to assist in the May ransomware attack incident recovery process. These resources will help the […]
This time the hacking tool being used is EternalBlue. The New York Times has reported that the recent ransomware attacks in major US cities specifically Baltimore are closely linked together due to the fact that the key component in all the campaigns is a stolen NSA tool EternalBlue. Interestingly, attackers are using NSA’s own designed […]
Some key online operations in the U.S city of Baltimore have been impacted following a ransomware attack. Reports reveal that all online payment gateways and emails have been totally affected, bringing them all to a standstill, in Baltimore following a ransomware attack that happened in the first week of May. The hackers who have launched […]
A few weeks ago website security audit specialists reported a ransomware attack on the Baltimore government’s computer infrastructure in which hackers managed to compromise some of the city’s IT systems. After the cyberattack the city government had two options, investing months of hard work to restore the compromised systems, or pay the hackers the ransom […]