The cybercriminals who attacked multiple Texas local governments with file-encrypting malware via compromising service provider's network.
The attackers demanded a ransom of $2.5 million for decrypting the entire local government files, the mayor of a municipality says.
The Department of Information Resources (DIR) has announced that a total of 22 victims has been established, while all of them were attacked by a single party.
However, the names of all the victim municipalities have not been disclosed, whereas two municipalities have announced the hit publicly.
In a statement released by the city of Borger, "Based on the current state of the forensic investigation, it appears that no customer credit card or other personal information on the City of Borger’s systems have been compromised in this attack. No further information about the origins of the attack will be released until the completion of the investigation,"
Keene is another city affected by this ransomware attack. Both of the administration right now can not process card payments or utility disconnections.
The city will inform its citizen as soon as they restart business and financial services, press release.
