Ransomware attack demanding Bitcoin is damaging the government systems of the US city of Baltimore. The systems are on lockdown since May 7th during the ‘’Robinhood’’ attack as reported in the latest cryptocurrency news.
The lockdown has made the city turn to manually operating the systems in almost every aspect in the daily business and it has even affected multiple areas of life. For example, people cannot buy and sell real estate in the city because the records cannot be accessed.
The Mayor of the city Bernard ‘’Jack’’ Young who is a replacement to Catherine Pugh, stated that the city will not pay the demanded bitcoins by the attackers. Some cities ended up spending a lot more money by not paying the ransom and since Baltimore is a huge city with more than 600,000 residents, the cost is even bigger.
The Ransomware attack crippled the entire city since even the police systems are not working. The city departments are now looking into ways to work while the systems are down. Luckily, unlike the ransomware attack that damaged Baltimore in 2018, the 911 and other dispatching services are still operational. Emergency services are very important in the city since the opiate-crisis is still increasing. For example, the damaging results can be seen since the government’s alert to high-overdose areas is now non-operational. Further, the crime statistics and other public information still haven’t been updated on the city’s data website.
The ransomware attack has been underreported in all of the best cryptocurrency news sites but it turned out that it is the most extensive attack in history. The attack affects every important aspect of every-day life. The hackers who infected the city’s systems are using one of the latest Ransomware breeds dubbed Robinhood. The cost to unlock the network will continue to increase every ten days.
The attackers posted on Twitter and released some of the username and passwords but the FBI is now trying to locate them. The group posted:
“We’ve watching you for days and we’ve worked on your systems to gain full access to your company and bypass all of your protections.”
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