Ransomware attack in Louisiana: Public agencies hit; officials didn’t pay ransom
It affected many public-facing websites and services.
“The IT team noticed the irregular pattern, saw that it was the Ryuk virus, which encrypts files, and didn’t read the ransom note, said Jacques Berry, spokesman for the Division of Administration. Instead, the team found where virus was attached to the programs and shutdown computers to avoid infecting other systems, Berry said.”
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