Personal information may have been accessed in Knoxville malware attack, city says

[Destry Winant <destry () riskbasedsecurity com>]

https://www.wvlt.tv/2020/10/06/personal-information-may-have-been-accessed-in-knoxville-malware-attack-city-says/

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The City of Knoxville announced it has ended
its investigation into a malware attack on city computer systems that
originally occurred over the summer.

In June, the city said no personal information was breached during the
attack. However, in a release from the city October 6, the city said
its third-party investigators “identified all known parties whose
personal information may have been obtained by the threat actor.”

The city said letters were being sent out to those impacted.

At the time of the attack, investigators had not been able to pinpoint
the exact way the ransomware entered the system. Officials became
aware of the issue after someone at the fire department opened their
computer and saw a screen saying the system had been infected with
ransomware.
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