Baltimore City Security Incident

(Update: June 5, 2019) Over one third of Baltimore City computers restored After nearly a month since the ransomware attack on May 7, Baltimore City officials have provided a fresh update on the recovery efforts. As per the latest update, around 35 percent of nearly 10,000 municipal employees have regained access to their computers and email accounts. Moreover, the authorities are expecting to re-authenticate nearly 90 percent of employees with new passwords by the end of the week. Additionally, Baltimore residents can also now make payments for any parking tickets issued after May 4, for which the data has now been restored. Ref - Baltimore Fishbowl Investigators looking into the Twitter account linked to attackers After the discovery of the Twitter account which released documents related to the ransomware attack, federal investigators are trying to verify the authenticity of the documents and the identity of the people behind that account. The account posted several documents such as faxes sent to City employees including one that contained a womans medical history. The account also threatened to leak financial documents and citizens personal information on the dark web if the ransom is not paid. The account sent a direct message to a local reporter on Twitter, saying If you dont like to see all of them in the darknet, tell to mayor! Ref - Baltimore Sun --- (Update: June 5, 2019) Over one third of Baltimore City computers restored After nearly a month since the ransomware attack on May 7, Baltimore City officials have provided a fresh update on the recovery efforts. As per the latest update, around 35 percent of nearly 10,000 municipal employees have regained access to their computers and email accounts. Moreover, the authorities are expecting to reauthenticate nearly 90 percent of employees with new passwords by the end of the week. Additionally, Baltimore residents can also now make payments for any parking tickets issued after May 4, for which the data has...

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