Cyber Attack Hobbles Atlanta

Security experts shudder...

Atlanta's municipal government has been brought to its knees 

by a large ransomware cyber attack.

The City of Atlanta's 8,000 employees got the word on Tuesday that they had been waiting for: It was Ok to turn their computers on, Alan Blinder and Nicole Perlroth report on nytimes.com.

But as the city government's desktops, hard drives and printers flickered back to life for the first time in five days, residents still could not pay their traffic tickets or water bills online or report potholes or graffiti on a city website.  Travelers at the world's busiest airport still could not use the free Wi-Fi, Blinder and Perlroth added.

For more of the ransomware attack on Atlanta:  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/us/cyberattack-atlanta-ransomware.html

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