City of Atlanta officials provide little detail about cyberattack

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4. I just read the city workers can now use their computers again

I wonder if they restored a backup or paid the ransom ?

https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-news/atlanta-city-employees-turn-computers-for-the-first-time-since-hack/4UcwhLtGBuQ2cgHy1bfECN/

The City of Atlanta advised its employees on Tuesday that they could begin turning on their computers for the first time since Thursday’s cyber attack.

Some city departments had been forced to revert to working on paper after someone breached the city’s computer network, encrypted data and demanded $51,000 in return for unlocking it.

“It is expected that some computers will operate as usual and employees will return to normal use,” a city press release said. “It is also expected that some computers may be affected or affected in some way and employees will continue using manual or alternative processes. This is part of the City’s ongoing assessment as part of the restoration and recovery process.”

At a press conference at City Hall on Monday, an outside computer security consultant for the City of Atlanta said that his firm had completed the “investigation and containment phases” in response to the cyber attack. Michael R. Cote, President & CEO of Secureworks, an Atlanta-based firm called in to assist the city, said the city was transitioning into the recovery phase.