Ransomware Against Cities, Schools, Courts and Transit: Case Files

Ransomware Against Cities, Schools, Courts and Transit: Case Files

This guide brings together and replaces our earlier news posts on ransomware attacks against cities, counties, schools, courts and transit agencies (2019 to 2024), rewritten and expanded in October 2026 as a sourced reference. When ransomware hits a company, customers are inconvenienced. When it hits a city, a county or a school district, people cannot pay a water bill, record a house sale, file a court document, renew a car registration or go t…