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Louisiana Governor Declares Emergency After Ransomware Blitz
Friday, July 26, 2019
The governor of Louisiana has declared a state of emergency after ransomware attacks knocked out IT systems in three school districts.
Ilia Kolochenko, founder of security firm ImmuniWeb, argued that this is just the beginning.
“Cities, and especially their infrastructure sites, are usually a low-hanging fruit for unscrupulous cyber-gangs. These victims will almost inevitably pay the ransom as all other avenues are either unreliable or too expensive. Cryptocurrencies make such crimes technically impossible to investigate in most cases, letting the wrongdoers enjoy impunity,” he added.
“Law enforcement agencies are already overburdened with an increasingly growing pipeline of sophisticated investigations, often aggravated by continuous lack of financing and unfriendly colleagues from foreign jurisdictions. Unless governments develop, finance and duly enforce security regulations purported to safeguard cities and municipalities, we will soon dive into a darkness, facing grave accidents involving airports and other objects of critical infrastructure.” Read Full Article
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