'Ransomware is a pandemic in the United States': Hackers are increasingly targeting U.S. cities, which often have limited resources and difficulty recruiting cybersecurity talent
BALTIMORE—Local governments across the country are facing a growing threat of cyberattacks and escalating ransom demands, as an attack in this city has crippled thousands of computers for a month.
“Ransomware is a pandemic in the United States,” said Joel DeCapua, supervisory special agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s cyber division, referring to a particularly devastating form of malicious software. Hackers are increasingly going after larger targets, compared with five years ago, when most ransomware attacks...
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