The attack further impacted police activities, as overstretched resources made it more difficult to implement initiatives like summer youth programs. Threats to publish private information, court cases, prisoner identities, and official papers were made by the criminals.
One may think that cyberattack on city government would be a headline news, however, this year has seen a number of such instances that any mere attack is just another common topic of discussion. A notable exception was the vulnerability exploitation of a Moveit file transfer app in May and June 2023 that led to data theft from hundreds of organizations across the world, including British Airways, the BBC and the chemist chain Boots.
Apparently, over the past years the ransom payments have doubled to US$1.5 million, with the big-profit organizations paying the highest price. A British cybersecurity company called Sophos discovered that the average ransomware payment increased from US$812,000 the year before. At US$2.1 million, the average payment made by UK organizations in 2023 was considerably greater than the global average.
While ten years ago this was no more than a theoretical possibility and niche threat, but ransomware has now gained a wide acknowledgment as a major threat a
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