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05/13/2019
RobbinHood ransomware attack brings down parts of City of Baltimore’s computer network
The State of Security
For the second time in a year, Baltimore city government computers have been infected by ransomware. Malicious hackers are demanding that a ransom is paid for the safe recovery of encrypted files on affected computers and servers.
On Tuesday, Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young tweeted how the city had “shut down the majority of its servers” out of “an abundance of caution,” but that the city’s core essential services (such as police and fire brigades) remained operational.
However, the email systems used by municipal employees, phone lines and online bill payments were impacted by the attack.
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