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08/13/2025
St. Paul cyberattack: Organization takes credit for ransomware attack on city, releases some data
KSTP 5 Minneapolis, MN
On Monday, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter provided an update regarding the ransomware attack on the city over two weeks ago.
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The city is still working on fixing the cybersecurity breach, which happened on July 25 and crippled a variety of city services. It also put employees’ data at risk.
Mayor Carter would not say the name of the cyber thieves but confirmed on Monday that it’s a network called “Interlock.” The ransomware organization, which operates on the dark web, took credit for the attack on Monday.
Interlock is a “sophisticated” and “money-driven” organization, Carter said, adding that the group claimed to have stolen 43 GB of data from City of St. Paul systems.
Carter said the files that were taken mostly came from a “single, shared network drive” used by the parks and recreation department.
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