A ransomware attack in February exposed the personal client information held by the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender.

Phobos is "pretty standard" ransomware, one expert said, but the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warns that it's on the rise in state and local government.

For a second time, the ransomware group Lockbit 3.0 gave Fulton County, Georgia, a payment deadline. And, again, the county refused to pay.

Officials in Fulton County, Georgia, said they received a new deadline to pay a ransom after their first deadline passed.

Huber Heights, Ohio, a city of 45,000, is the latest to fall victim to the continually rising threat of ransomware.

The hacker organization “Play” has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack in which it claims to have stolen thousands of files.

Ransomware group BlackCat claimed responsibility for a recent incident that leaked employee data from a court system in Florida.

More than 4,500 employees across 14 school districts were affected by a ransomware attack targeting Pinal County, Arizona.

Dallas city officials said in a recent presentation that data of 30,000 people was compromised in a recent cyberattack, including some Social Security numbers and other sensitive…