{"id":59235,"date":"2018-06-11T12:53:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T17:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=59235"},"modified":"2018-06-11T12:54:26","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T17:54:26","slug":"atlantas-ransomware-attack-costs-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/atlantas-ransomware-attack-costs-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta&#8217;s Ransomware Attack Costs Continue to Increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The City of Atlanta&#8217;s Ransomware Attack Costs Keep Growing<\/h3>\n<p>On March 22nd, PC Pitstop shared the <a href=\"https:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/2018\/03\/22\/atlantas-city-systems-riddled-ransomware\/\">story<\/a> of the SamSam ransomware attack that took down the City of Atlanta.\u00a0 It took almost a week, before the city&#8217;s offices were able to turn on their computers, and now, almost three months later, the infection is still interrupting various systems.\u00a0 The city chose not to pay the $51,000 ransom demand.\u00a0 Alternatively, choosing to try to restore the systems on their own.\u00a0 This has resulted in years of police dash-cam footage being lost, and astronomical costs.\u00a0 According to city officials, the total costs to restore the systems will likely reach close to $10 million.\u00a0 Therefore, officials have requested an additional $9.5M to their annual budget of $35M to fully remediate their systems.\u00a0 According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk\/atlanta-city-official-proposes-us9-5million-towards-ransomware-recovery-costs\/\">Software Testing News<\/a>, law enforcement is still not able to use some of its databases, and the city\u2019s water department is unable to take any form of payments.<\/p>\n<p>At this time, there is not an estimated timeframe for complete remediation.\u00a0 The city has continued to state it would be inappropriate to speculate on when the matter will be fixed.\u00a0 However, they have reported to working around-the-clock to fix all systems and are certainly committed to resolving all issues.<\/p>\n<p>One piece of information that seems to be missing from each report, including ours, is the security solution vendor the city was using.\u00a0 If anyone has read an article citing this information or is willing to share a credible source with us including that information, we would sincerely appreciate it.<\/p>\n<h4>Effective Prevention<\/h4>\n<p>Preventing attacks such as these is indeed possible.\u00a0 Here are five top things businesses should implement to effectively prevent ransomware attacks:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Implement a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/pro\">default deny approach<\/a>, also known as application whitelisting<\/li>\n<li>Ensure timely updates of third-party applications and operating systems<\/li>\n<li>Review user admin rights, and remove unnecessary authorization<\/li>\n<li>Implement employee\u00a0cyber security training<\/li>\n<li>Use multi-layer 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