This blog post was made on 09/13/2018.
Atlanta’s Government has been infected by ransomware that demands that the government officials pay around $51,000 in Bitcoin. This attack was caused by A malware called SamSam, and this isn’t the first time it has been used on government property before.
This SamSam ransomware has knocked over 400 necessary programs offline until the ransomware debt is paid. The ransomware has effected court documents, police cam footage, and has knocked out over 10 years of documents. This SamSam ransomware attack is going to cost the government millions to try and fix with no end currently in sight.
This is a very unfortunate incident that just shows we are just moving into an age where cyber attacks are coming all the more common. The fact that this has been used against the government and that the government can’t do that much about it tells us maybe it’s time we start to take cybersecurity more seriously. The government really needs to start beefing up their cybersecurity department, because in the future there is going to be way more vicious cyber-attacks, with more extreme consequences.
Perhaps if the government had more “cyber-defense” against the “cyber-attacks” than maybe we could have avoided this situation entirely. If the government doesn’t do more to beef up their cybersecurity anytime soon, then there is going be more incidents like this one that could be far worse.
Source: Atlanta ransomware attack may cost another $9.5 million to fix
Cyberleech 