MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NC (WBTV) - The hackers holding Mecklenburg County’s computer files hostage in exchange for payment are demanding substantially more money than first reported, WBTV has learned. County Manager Dina Diorio first confirmed to reporters Tuesday night that county 30 servers were being held for ransom. Diorio increased the number of impacted serves at a news conference Wednesday afternoon to 48. Diorio said the county is continuing to analyze the scope of the breach. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_2AZeISe&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=3Roi9IkCLPih6yPavAV2wVfRToplGi_P8F9YjACQ8m4&s=J9r95S1sZMxWgc3ccUDhNZS6IJP4DeEUoEofkL8qU_k&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_2AZeISe-2B&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=3Roi9IkCLPih6yPavAV2wVfRToplGi_P8F9YjACQ8m4&s=K3cx6EANcQj5X_fslWVC1uc3pUoYwZil2_BVX6AhyLg&e= Mecklenburg County manager Dena Diorio said that someone opened an email they shouldn't have opened on Tuesday, which helped the hacker infiltrate the system and cause a countywide outage. Mecklenburg County leaders said the ransomware used during the attack is a new computer virus strain called LockCrypt. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__on.wsoctv.com_2C4lP9R&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=3Roi9IkCLPih6yPavAV2wVfRToplGi_P8F9YjACQ8m4&s=jcHTaMOaw_bxAPb0dHIkSlwpZG5XRIw7kXUY4snHYBI&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__on.wsoctv.com_2C4lP9R-2B&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=3Roi9IkCLPih6yPavAV2wVfRToplGi_P8F9YjACQ8m4&s=ukqG5sJ3ZB_KkXRi2yu1fH-j9-5wtuDwDOW80GcIxf4&e= -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__emailcharter.org&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=3Roi9IkCLPih6yPavAV2wVfRToplGi_P8F9YjACQ8m4&s=4P7CFwnXnGMscEElBtWZPGVr8bpAVWrFSn3gFbh2_8Q&e= “If only there were a massive entity that I were forced to fund to tell me how I should live my life, since I’m so obviously incapable of deciding for myself.” M. Hashimoto List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]
