City of Dallas, Texas under ransomware attack

The City of Dallas, Texas, confirmed to Cybernews it has been hit by ransomware. The Wednesday morning attack is still affecting city services with no sign of ending soon as cyber experts work to restore network systems.

As we reported May 3, the ransom attack caused the Dallas City Hall servers to go down and knocked the Dallas Police Department (DPD) website offline, although officials say 911 emergency services to residents are unaffected.