Hackers Hit Dallas City Servers, Limiting Some Police and IT Systems

Dallas is experiencing IT and police communication outages following a ransomware attack on municipal systems. From a report: City officials said in a statement Wednesday that hackers had compromised "a number of servers" and that they were working with vendors to try to control the spread of malware. With a ransomware attack, hackers lock up victims' data or knock services offline, then demand an extortion payment. "We have been having a system shutdown for the past two days now," a Dallas 311