A Cyberattack Hobbles Atlanta

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"Atlanta’s municipal government has been brought to its knees since Thursday morning by a ransomware attack — one of the most sustained and consequential cyberattacks ever mounted against a major American city."

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/us/cyberattack-atlanta-ransomware.html

 

Here is a an article that goes into how this is primarily the fault of the City of Atlanta for having very shitty security.

https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/atlanta-after-ransomware-attack-please-restart-your-pc-a-10748

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I bet they had a shit ton of security products deployed, leading to a false sense of security and preparedness. 

Happens all the time. Doesn’t matter the size (shit, many times very small org’s are way better postured while spending less money).