Nardello & Co.’s Head of Digital Investigations and Cyber Defense, Mark Ray, discusses the likely FBI response to the recent cyberattacks in Atlanta.
ATLANTA (AP) — More than 24 hours after a ransomware cyberattack targeting the city of Atlanta’s computer network was discovered, the fallout still wasn’t clear.
Atlanta city officials announced Thursday afternoon that the city’s information security team had noticed “something that looked peculiar” on the server about 5:40 a.m. that day and began an investigation. Some city data was encrypted, essentially held for ransom by the attackers…