Ransomware attacks are becoming less common in state and local government, according to new survey results, but successful attacks grow more costly.| StateScoop
New York City Mayor Eric Adams' administration has limited access to the employee payroll website after scammers targeted employees' text-message inboxes.| StateScoop
A new report from the cybersecurity firm KnowBe4 shows that attacks on energy infrastructure are particularly rampant.| StateScoop
Sophia Fox-Sowell reports on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and government regulation for StateScoop. She was previously a multimedia producer for CNET, where her coverage focused on private sector innovation in food production, climate change and space through podcasts and video content. She earned her bachelor’s in anthropology at Wagner College and master’s in media innovation from Northeastern University.| StateScoop
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Cybercriminals are using the chaos of the CrowdStrike outage to launch phony websites and new phishing campaigns, said a director with the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center.| StateScoop
A new document from CISA guides local governments and the private sector on how to improve the resiliency of critical infrastructure.| StateScoop
Phobos is "pretty standard" ransomware, one expert said, but the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warns that it's on the rise in state and local government.| StateScoop