St. Louis Libraries Affected By Major Ransomware Attack
What is of particular concern is how the St. Louis library may not have any data backups to resolve this matter quickly. Ransomware continues to be utilized by internet criminals all over the world. Earlier this week, the libraries of St. Louis have been crippled by a ransomware attack. Public terminals provided by the library to the poor and vulnerable of the city had to be shut down as a result. Moreover, any system related to processing book and material lending remained inaccessible for quite some time. As one would come to expect from a ransomware attack, the criminals demanded a....
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