Massachusetts City Bans Facial Recognition Technology
A Boston suburb has voted to ban the use of facial recognition technology by police and other city departments. The Somerville City Council on...
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2nd Florida City Pays Hackers, as 3rd City Faces Breach
A second small Florida city this month has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to hackers who took over most of its computer operations,...
Second US City Pays Hackers For Ransomware
A city in Florida paid $ 500,000 to the hackers after a ransomware attack. The total amount the city of Florida has paid for...
Second Florida city pays giant ransom to ransomware gang in a week
Malware and ransomware rise puts your data at risk For the third year running, the volume of malware attacks has increased. But there are...
Florida city to pay $600,000 to ransomware gang
The city council of Riviera Beach, Florida, have voted unanimously to pay more than $600,000 in Bitcoins to a ransomware gang who had held...
Riviera City In Florida Surrenders To Ransomware
Another U.S. city bites the dust, as Riviera, a city in Florida with a population of 6-million residents had its local government computers infected...
Florida city pays $600,000 to ransomware gang to have its data back
The city council for Riviera Beach, Florida, voted this week to pay more than $600,000 to a ransomware gang so city officials could recover...
Canadian City Loses $500,000 to Phishing Attack
The City of Burlington, Ontario, revealed Thursday that it fell prey to “a complex phishing email” that cost the City CAD $503,000 (around USD...
Sydney only city in Australia to sign global initiative to back citizen’s digital rights
City of Sydney sign Image: Asha Barbaschow/ZDNet The Cities Coalition for Digital Rights, a joint initiative launched initially by New York City, Amsterdam, and...
Baltimore Shuts Down Its Servers As the City Is Hit By Ransomware
Baltimore was hit by a Ransomware attack on Tuesday, the officials have closed most city servers, said Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young. Young said...