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    New Orleans shuts off computers after cyberattack, following two big incidents in Louisiana this year

    Alex HaynesBy Alex HaynesDecember 14, 2019Updated:December 14, 2019No Comments2 Mins Read
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    NEW ORLEANS, LA- JULY 13: Several businesses on Bourbon Street resume back to normal the day after Hurricane Barry was predicted to come but didn't in New Orleans on July 13, 2019. (Emily Kask for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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    A series of widespread cyberattacks across Louisiana, which led to two statewide emergency declarations this year, have made their way to New Orleans, the state’s largest city and home to one of the country’s biggest ports.

    What We Know:

    • The “NOLA Ready” emergency alert Twitter account for New Orleans, most often associated with hurricane preparedness, posted five messages on Friday.
    • The tweets alerted residents to “suspicious activity” on city networks.
    • One of the tweets said the city is working with “cybersecurity resources” from the FBI, Secret Service and National Guard. The city said emergency services like 911 and the fire department were still up and running, and didn’t specify any agencies that had been shut down.
    • The attacks follow outages experienced elsewhere in the state in November and July, which resulted from ransomware attacks that crippled phones and encrypted data at school districts and the governor’s office as well the Medicare system and Department of Motor Vehicles, among other agencies. Twice this year Governor John Bel Edwards has had to declare a state of emergency.
    • According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune, the new series of attacks, which have not yet been confirmed as ransomware, were affecting city services. An announcement at City Hall on Friday told workers, including those at the police department, to unplug computers, according to the report. A spokesman for the office of New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell told the newspaper that the attack started after 11 a.m.

    Cybercriminals have been targeting state and local governments with ransomware tools, which infect an organization’s computer networks and lock up critical files in exchange for a ransom payment. In the past year, Atlanta, Baltimore and several cities in Florida are among those that have been hit. A spate of ransomware attacks hit 23 Texas towns in a coordinated fashion in August.

     

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    Alex Haynes is Editor-At-Large/NYC Editor at Urban Newsroom, Executive Editor at UNR's Black Alerts and the host of Boss Mornings and Unmuted Nation. Alex joined Urban Newsroom in 2010 and contributes regular op-ed and editorial pieces while advising the columnist and contributing staff.

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