New Bedford reveals details of July computer systems hack

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NEW BEDFORD'S municipal computer network was the target of a ransomware hack in July. The city is in the process of restoring all of its systems.
NEW BEDFORD'S municipal computer network was the target of a ransomware hack in July. The city is in the process of restoring all of its systems.
NEW BEDFORD – In early July the computer system for New Bedford was identified as being under a ransomware attack. New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell said this week that the hack was a variant of the RYUK virus, a ransomware virus used by hackers to financially extort a computer network’s operator in exchange for a…

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