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Cattledog

(5,919 posts)
Thu Mar 22, 2018, 07:15 PM Mar 2018

Atlanta hacked.

Being held for ransom. Police are working with paper, no computers.

The FBI is working with the City of Atlanta to determine what is causing problems on the city’s computer network.

“The City of Atlanta is currently experiencing outages on various internal and customer facing applications, including some applications that customers use to pay bills or access court-related information,” a city spokesperson said. “We are confident that our team of technology professionals will be able to restore applications soon. Our City website, Atlantaga.gov, remains accessible and we will provide updates as we receive them.”

The spokesperson would not confirm reports that a hacker had demanded payment in return for unlocking the system.

https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-news/atlanta-city-hall-computers-hacked-thursday-creating-outages/s9mh6qllB64DbpblHAQjeP/

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Atlanta hacked. (Original Post) Cattledog Mar 2018 OP
It just keeps coming tonight. Fuck. This. Shit. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2018 #1
Mueller better drop a bunch of indictments by tomorrow Wwcd Mar 2018 #2
Either the Kremlin or Ilsa Mar 2018 #3
This is upticking... Dennis Donovan Mar 2018 #4
 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
2. Mueller better drop a bunch of indictments by tomorrow
Thu Mar 22, 2018, 07:20 PM
Mar 2018

I don't trust this chaos today either.

I feel fear in a whole new way right now.
Subtle but its there.

Stay rational...breathe.

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
4. This is upticking...
Thu Mar 22, 2018, 09:35 PM
Mar 2018

I know of 3 upstate NY hospital systems that were completely compromised in the last month.

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