Local governments commonly share single service providers, making many vulnerable at once. On top of this, ransomware has often been used to mask more targeted, malicious activity by nation-states.
this week are significant. Though little is known about the origins of the attacks, the spread of ransomware across small-town America has exposed a deep problem in how the country approaches cybersecurity.
Ransomware, which is malicious software that spreads across networks and shuts down computers until a ransom is paids, can have a significant impact on the technology that runs local services including water, power, wastewater treatment and emergency services.
"They work off a tax budget. Can you imagine telling taxpayers you are spending millions on cybersecurity when there are potholes in the roads?"
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