In April 2019, the U.S. Virgin Islands fell victim<\/a> to two cyber attacks. The first was an unknown ransomware variant that targeted police department servers holding internal affairs data and citizen complaints. The ransom demands were not disclosed; although officials reported they did not pay the ransom and are still working with the FBI to restore their networks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But it gets worse. Another attack targeted the territory’s water department, resulting in a $2.3 million email scam. As a result, Water and Power Authority employees are taking cyber security training to increase their knowledge on how to spot suspicious emails. <\/p>\n\n\n\nOther Attacks<\/h4>\n\n\n\nFor a list of ransomware attacks that have already taken place in 2019, you may click here<\/a>. We have also created a map, see below, of the ransomware attacks that have taken place in the U.S.\n