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Published on September 28th, 2019 📆 | 3367 Views ⚑

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Who Ya’ Gonna Call? Washington Struggles To Get Its Head Around Ransomware Attacks

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A wave of ransom-seeking cyberattacks have struck at least 80 US state and local government agencies.
But according to Politico, lawmakers have offered few ideas on how to respond to the growing threat.
Ransomware attacks paralyzed Baltimore’s computer networks for much of the spring.
Hackers took out City Hall’s help line in Akron, Ohio, during a major snowstorm.
And in Lincoln County, N.C., sheriff’s deputies had to take crime reports with pen and paper as their computers went dark.

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