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Hackers post some St. Paul files online after city refuses to pay ransom
Mayor Melvin Carter said late Monday that what was posted is a tiny percentage of what’s kept on the city’s servers, and it appeared to be from a single shared drive used by parks and recreation employees.
St. Paul says cybersecurity breach was a ransomware attack. What does that mean?
It’s been more than two weeks since the city of St. Paul took its systems offline due to a cyberattack. Over the weekend, city officials said the attackers demanded a ransom, which the city said it has not paid.
St. Paul to begin restoring online systems this week following cyberattack
The city of St. Paul expects to begin putting its systems back online this week, after a ransomware attack forced it to shut down its network for more than two weeks. St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter joined Morning Edition guest host Emily Bright to detail the plan and answer questions about the city’s response so far.