Author/Source: Tonya Riley See the full link here
Takeaway
This article is about a ransomware attack that affected Crisis24 and OnSolve’s CodeRED emergency notification system. It explains how the attack impacted the system used by towns and cities to send important alerts.
Technical Subject Understandability
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Analogy/Comparison
It’s like a bad actor locking the mailroom door right when important community messages, like storm warnings, need to be sent out.
Why It Matters
This attack on an emergency system shows how cyberattacks can threaten public safety and essential communication. For example, towns and cities rely on systems like CodeRED to send urgent messages about severe weather or missing people to residents.
Related Terms
Ransomware. Jargon Conversion: Ransomware is a type of harmful computer program that locks up a computer system or data until a payment is made, like holding files hostage.
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