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City of Atlanta Struggles to Recover from Cyber Attack

Atlanta’s top officials holed up in their offices on Saturday as they worked to restore critical systems knocked out by a nine-day-old cyber attack that plunged the Southeastern U.S. metropolis into technological chaos and forced some city workers to revert …

Ransomware Cyberattack Still Affecting City of Atlanta’s Computer Network

Atlanta’s mayor says the city continues to operate despite ongoing troubles caused by a cyberattack on its computer network last week. City officials announced Thursday that the city’s computer network had been attacked by ransomware that encrypted some city data. …

Atlanta’s Computer Network Hit by Cyber Attack

City officials worked around the clock Friday to get things up and running again after a ransomware cyberattack that hobbled the city of Atlanta’s computer network last week. The city’s information security team noticed that something was amiss with the …