Massachusetts
US Massachusetts Power Station reigning under Ransomware Attack
Ransomware news is out that all computers belonging to a power station located in Massachusetts were reigning under a ransomware attack and hopes of revival are bleak. However, the good news is that the officials at the power station are doing their best to clean up the database from the file-encrypting malware and have already […]
New Bedford City in Massachusetts offers $400,000 Ransomware payment
A US city named New Bedford located in Massachusetts, US has reportedly become a victim of a ransomware attack in July this year. Although this incident happened almost two months ago, Jon Mitchell, the Mayor of New Bedford decided to reveal the details through a press conference on Wednesday this week. According to the media […]
Leominster pays $10K in bitcoin to free up data from a ransomware attack
Leominster school district located in the scenic locales of Worcester County, Massachusetts is reported to have paid $10k in bitcoin to free up data from the ransomware attack which encrypted its entire database early this month. Mayor Dean J Mazzarella said that the ransom payment made for the cyber attack will be debited from the […]