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City in Upstate New York Restoring Systems Disrupted by Cyber Incident

The city of Newburgh in New York’s Orange County is today reopening its City Hall while continuing to work on restoring municipal services following identification of a cyber incident last Monday. The network security incident led to a temporary disruption …

Massachusetts Town Loses $446,000 in Cyber Attack

The Massachusetts town of Arlington reports it has lost $445,945 in funds intended for a contractor working on a high school building project that were instead diverted to hackers orchestrating a wire fraud scam. Town Manager Jim Feeney alerted the …