Mecklenburg County, NC developed enhanced cybersecurity measures in response to a ransomware attack
Mecklenburg County, NC developed enhanced cybersecurity
In April 2018, the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners approved $2.3 million in additional funding to expand backup capacity and improve potential threat identification in response to a 2017 ransomware attack. Included in the $2.3 million, is $600,000 for real-time analysis of security alerts, $500,000 for new backup devices, $456,000 for public information request software and $60,000 for a text message archive system.
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Officials in Mecklenburg County, N.C., where hackers in December froze data, declined to pay a ransom and plan to move aggressively to strengthen security.
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