US EditionInside the Response to St. Paul's Cyberattack
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, JUL 31 – St. Paul officials shut down networks and called in the National Guard after a sophisticated cyberattack disrupted city systems, with recovery efforts ongoing, Mayor Carter said.
- On Friday, July 25, 2025, Gov. Tim Walz activated the Minnesota National Guard after a deliberate, coordinated digital attack on St. Paul, Minnesota’s infrastructure was detected.
- Following suspicious activity in St. Paul’s networks, officials shut down systems on Friday and activated the Minnesota National Guard to combat attackers.
- With many systems offline, services in St. Paul plodded along at an analog pace Wednesday, and Mayor Melvin Carter said, `'We have shut down most of our computer systems as a defensive measure.'
- Marking a first in-state deployment, the Minnesota National Guard’s Cyber Protection Team was deployed immediately on Tuesday to support critical systems after the cyberattack in St. Paul.
- Broader implications emerge as cybersecurity experts warn that cities remain vulnerable despite defenses, and the US government has flagged numerous Medusa ransomware incidents without attribution.
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FARGO — Cities in the Red River Valley region are keeping a close eye on a citywide cyberattack in St. Paul. It’s been nearly one week since a protection system first detected suspicious activity in the Minnesota city’s network. St. Paul shut its network down on Monday, July 28, to keep the attack from spreading. If it happened there, could it happen in Fargo? And how would the city respond? “There are lots of bad actors out there,” said Jeremy…
St. Paul, MN was hacked so badly that the National Guard has been deployed
Hacking attacks—many using ransomware—now hit US cities every few days. They are expensive to mitigate and extremely disruptive. Abilene, Texas, for instance, had 477 GB of data stolen this spring. The city refused to pay the requested ransom and instead decided to replace every server, desktop, laptop, desk telephone, and storage device. This has required a "temporary return to pen-and-paper systems" while the entire city network is rebuilt, bu…
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