Despite Today's Deadline, City of Abilene Says They Still Won't Pay Ransom in Cyberattack

Despite today's deadline, City of Abilene says they still won't pay ransom in cyberattack

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - Today is the alleged deadline for the City of Abilene to pay a Russian ransomware group to prevent the sharing of private information from a cyberattack that occurred in April. In April, city officials announced that a cyber incident had impacted Abilene's internal network, rendering several servers inoperable. Last week, a report from Comparitech stated that the ransomware group known as Qilin has claimed to have st…

Abilene faces potential data leak as ransom deadline arrives without payment expected | #ransomware | #cybercrime - National Cyber Security Consulting

ABILENE, Texas — Today is the deadline for the cyber attack ransom that was demanded by the Russian-based ransomware group known as Qilin. The City of Abilene has previously stated that they will not be paying this ransom. RELATED | Russian group ‘Qilin’ claims Abilene data breach, demands ransom by May 27 According to a […]