Ransomware attacks on cities are rising – authorities must stop paying out
▻https://theconversation.com/ransomware-attacks-on-cities-are-rising-authorities-must-stop-payin
A ransomware campaign that targeted 23 US cities across Texas has raised serious concerns about the vulnerability of local governments and public services to cyber-attacks. These events come not long after similar attacks on governmental and business organisations in Indiana, Florida and elsewhere. They reflect a general shift in ransomware tactics from “spray and pray” attacks on large numbers of individual consumers, to “big game hunting”, which targets organisations, usually through people (...)
