December 11, 2017
A North Carolina county recovering from a cyberattack says hackers failed in a second attempt to infiltrate their computer system. Mecklenburg County officials say foreign hackers redoubled their efforts after the county refused to pay a ransom last week. But …
December 8, 2017
Deputies processed arrests by hand and building code officers used paper records Wednesday as one of North Carolina’s largest counties was hit by a hacker who froze county servers and demanded ransom. Mecklenburg County Manager Dena Diorio told reporters that …
February 21, 2017
A bill that seeks to protect Virginians from losing their income tax refunds to identity thieves won final approval Wednesday in the General Assembly. The bill’s sponsor, Del. Mark Keam, D-Vienna, said thieves can steal information from the payroll system …