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Cyber incident at NYC law department is not ransomware, officials say

June 8, 2021

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and other city officials said Tuesday that a cybersecurity incident at the city’s legal bureau is not a ransomware attack, but that an investigation is ongoing.

The New York City Law Department, the 1,000-lawyer agency that represents local officials and agencies in court, reported Monday having “connectivity” problems, including loss of access to its email services, after it had to shut down its internal networks on Sunday.

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