Police Breaches May Affect Criminal Cases

There is growing concern that these ransomware attacks against police forces in the US and other countries may impact the prosecution of criminals.  A growing trend of the attackers is to not only ransom the release of the hardware and software systems, but also the release of the information to the dark or worldwide webs.  In some cases, the bad actors are even reaching out to those who are the subjects of the data and demanding payment from them as well.

https://www.govinfosecurity.com/are-ransomware-attacks-impeding-criminal-prosecutions-a-16781?&web_view=true

 

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