{"id":56935,"date":"2017-04-27T17:10:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T22:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=56935"},"modified":"2017-04-27T17:10:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T22:10:13","slug":"virginia-state-police-malware-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/virginia-state-police-malware-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia State Police Pushed Offline After Malware Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Virginia State Police Department Offline After Malware Strikes<\/h4>\n<p>As of Wednesday night, at 8 p.m. the Virginia State Police Department was forced offline, unable to use their email communications what so ever. \u00a0This cease in online communication was due to a malware attack that brought down the email communication networks. \u00a0By noon on Thursday, the systems were expected to be back up and running.<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear the type of malware that pushed the communications offline. \u00a0While 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