A utility company that provides power in the Wiregrass community says it was hit by a ransomware attack that means customers temporarily can’t access their account information.
As ransomware cases surge around the world, companies are spending tens of millions of dollars to deal with an issue that’s decades old.
What is ransomware? I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase or word many times over the past few months.
The operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline has confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems.
Private companies, government agencies, local police departments, hospitals and universities are being targeted by hackers using something called ransomware.
While millions of people started their holiday shopping early with Amazon Prime Day, scammers are busy too. Phishing scams are always bad but they seem to get worse after big online sales like Amazon Prime Day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Now that many of us are still working from home, those scams are even more dangerous, to you, and…
Ransomware: it is information superhighway robbery and it could lead cyber criminals to a computer near you. According to the FBI, the number of ransomware attacks is up 300% from 2015. It’s a global problem local Montgomery County officials are very familiar with following an attack on the county’s computer database last month. That attack, which encrypted the county’s data,…
Montgomery county government computer systems are still in trouble tonight following a ransomware attack earlier this week. The County Commission held an emergency meeting this morning to green light the next steps in the recovery process. Members of the commission voted to authorize the county administrator to “take all necessary steps, including the expenditure of funds, to recover all county…
Montgomery County officials are still trying to get to the bottom of a computer ransomware attack on government computers. Officials say they aren’t giving in to the ransom demand from the attacker, and are focusing on getting affected county operations back up and running. Officials say no personal data was taken in the security breach, but several Montgomery County offices…
A law enforcement official says investigators believe additional companies in the United States have been affected by the global “ransomware” software cyberattack but have not yet come forward to report the attacks. The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly about an ongoing investigation. The official says that…
