Per the DIR (Department of Information Resources) of Texas most of the aggrieved parties were small local government agencies which are unnamed so far.
The Texas state networks however are still unharmed. The State Operations center of the state has been rigorously working towards the problem.
Sources mention that all the state and federal agencies handling the case hint at the fact that the attack was coordinated by a single actor.
The attack has been categorized as a sure shot ransomware attack. Per sources in it was a stain which was identified as “Nemucod”.
The aforemetioned ransomware generally “encrypts files and then at the end adds the .JSE extension”, a researcher mentioned.
Allegedly, the US have been the target for a lot of cyber-attacks of late. With an apparent total of 53% of the entire global number, the US have been victimized the most by cyber-attacks.
A state emergency was declared on Louisiana in July this year in response to a ransomware attack on school computer systems.
The situation is very critical from the point of cyber-security as municipalities falling prey to such attacks and ransomware in particular is not a good sign at all.
Mass scale attacks and their increase in number are disconcerting on so many levels. Because threat actors willing to put so many efforts, like the researchers like to say, are numerous.
