23-05-2019 23:00 via theverge.com

Google shut out Baltimore officials using Gmail after ransomware attack

The Baltimore city government is recovering from a devastating ransomware attack that has locked up its systems, but officials in the city faced a new problem today. As first reported by The Baltimore Sun, Google blocked city departments from using Gmail accounts created as a workaround.
Ransomware attack hit May 7th
On May 7th, a ransomware attack froze government systems, including email, and demanded the city hand over bitcoin to reverse the hack. Weeks later, the city is still recovering fr
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