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Largest Ferry Service to Martha’s Vineyard Hit with Ransomware Attack

This is Biden’s America.

The largest ferry service to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket was hit with a ransomware attack on Wednesday.

The company said the ferry service was still running scheduled trips, but people were unable to book or change reservations online.

The company urged customers to use cash because the credit card systems were down.

Wednesday’s ransomware attack on Steamship Authority comes after several other cyberattacks on American companies.

A hacking group with links to the Chinese government penetrated the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s computer systems in April.

In the last month, ransomware hackers have targeted the Colonial Pipeline and the world’s largest meat supplier.

A few weeks ago ransomware hackers shut down the Colonial Pipeline, creating gas lines and shortages in Southeastern states.

JBS, the world’s largest beef supplier was hit with a ransomware attack on Sunday, threatening US meat supply.

One-fifth of US beef production was wiped out after JBS paused processing at five of its biggest beef plants which manage a total of 22,500 cattle per day.
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Kwek00 · 41-45, M
Just sounds like regular governement problems.
This has been happening all over the world, including in the US during the Trump years.
But I guess this wasn't important enough to talk about in 2017-2020, but it seems really concerning now... wonder why that is. 🤣

[quote][i]“Our research has shown that most American local governments do a poor job practicing cybersecurity. They must do better. And they can start by establishing a culture of cybersecurity throughout their organizations to best protect citizen information and maintain continuous service delivery.” [/i]
— Donald F. Norris, PhD, Professor Emeritus, UMBC; Laura Mateczun, JD, PhD student in Public Policy, UMBC., [i]Cyberattacks at the Grass Roots: American Local Governments and the Need for High Levels of Cybersecurity[/i] (published in: PAR, volume 79, issue 6 of 2019)[/quote]

[b]SOURCE:[/b] https://blog.emsisoft.com/en/34822/the-state-of-ransomware-in-the-us-report-and-statistics-2019/