Columbus, Ohio, Mayor Andrew Ginther said ransomware actors were unable to sell the city's data because it was corrupted or encrypted.| StateScoop
A day after Columbus, Ohio's, mayor said the city was in the clear, cybersecurity analysts offer conflicting accounts of the state of the city's recently stolen data.| StateScoop
Ransomware attacks are becoming less common in state and local government, according to new survey results, but successful attacks grow more costly.| StateScoop
Government agencies in at least five states are reacting to a confirmed or potential data breach as part of a global cyberattack.| StateScoop
Nancy Rainosek, the Texas information security chief who helped develop some of the state's keystone programs, will retire from government service this year.| StateScoop
Ransomware group BlackCat claimed responsibility for a recent incident that leaked employee data from a court system in Florida.| StateScoop
The hacking group RansomHub claims to have published 100 gigabytes of data stolen from the Florida Department of Health after it declined to pay a ransom.| 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