{"id":60902,"date":"2019-04-05T11:32:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T16:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=60902"},"modified":"2019-04-05T08:46:32","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T13:46:32","slug":"michigan-ransomware-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/michigan-ransomware-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"5th Largest County in Michigan Corrupted by Ransomware\ufeff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this week the empire state\u2019s capital, Albany, was paralyzed by ransomware.\u00a0 Now, just days later, the fifth largest county in Michigan, Genesee county, suffered a ransomware attack.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Very few details are being released at this time, as the cyber attack is still quite fresh.\u00a0 However, here is what we do know &#8212; County officials made a statement on Tuesday informing the public their files were encrypted with ransomware.\u00a0 Although the files were inaccessible, the county was able to determine no data was taken.\u00a0 The county\u2019s IT department worked with local and FBI officials to restore their networks.\u00a0 Although the ransomware variant and ransom demands were not disclosed, Genesee county officials did confirm no payment was made to the <g class=\"gr_ gr_7 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del\" id=\"7\" data-gr-id=\"7\">cyber criminals<\/g>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Attacks<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p> For a list of ransomware attacks that have already taken place in 2019, you may click <a href=\"https:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/2019\/01\/09\/ransomware-attacks-2019\/\">here<\/a>. 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