{"id":31477,"date":"2019-03-28T03:17:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T07:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cybercon1.com\/?p=31477"},"modified":"2019-03-28T03:17:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T07:17:34","slug":"ransomware-wreaks-havoc-on-small-town-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/28\/ransomware-wreaks-havoc-on-small-town-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Ransomware Wreaks Havoc on Small Town, USA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Caroline Seymour<\/a> – In January,\u00a0a ransomware<\/strong> attack on the city of Del Rio, Texas<\/a>, shut down City Hall servers and forced officials to resort to pen and paper to provide services. The city of Sammamish, Wash.,\u00a0also had to declare a city emergency<\/a>\u00a0after ransomware<\/strong> took hold of its systems, affecting storage drives and internal shared files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As recent patterns suggest, cybercriminals are not just targeting large cities such as Atlanta now<\/a>. Small towns are also under attack, and they are especially vulnerable to ransomware, as they typically lack funds and security expertise that may be present in larger locales<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A recent survey from e.Republic<\/a>\u00a0on government market insights revealed that city IT leaders rank cybersecurity as their No. 1 priority. But while many local governments are prioritizing cybersecurity, ransomware<\/strong> threats continue to evolve at a faster rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this in mind, smaller local governments should take steps and accelerate their plans to protect against ransomware, among other cyberattacks.\u00a0Preplanning is needed<\/strong>\u00a0so that, when trouble strikes, there are immediate steps taken to ensure services aren\u2019t disrupted and critical activities that residents rely on can continue as needed. Read more<\/a>:<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Caroline Seymour – In January,\u00a0a ransomware attack on the city of Del Rio, Texas, shut down City Hall servers and forced officials to resort to pen and paper to provide services. The city of Sammamish, Wash.,\u00a0also had to declare a city emergency\u00a0after ransomware took hold of its systems, affecting storage drives and internal shared […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[636],"tags":[637],"class_list":["post-31477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ransomware","tag-ransomware"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t