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Cyber attack has shut down computers at
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the Middletown city building. It's
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creating havoc in multiple city
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Yeah. So, the police, the health
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department, and utility billing services
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are among those impacted. And WLWT
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News5's Brian Ham live in Middletown.
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And Brian, what have you learned about
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Well, Chris, the result of this cyber
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attack is affecting a lot of city
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offices. Some things just aren't
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available right now. And the ripple
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effect is hitting people in ways they
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would never have expected.
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Of all the problems on his project,
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clearing away for a new garage.
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Had a twoc car a big shed garage uh
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storage unit here. Then I had a small
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unit garage here. Jeff Mastersonson
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never thought a cyber attack would be
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one of them until he got to the
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Middletown city offices trying to get a
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Basically, the paperwork of diagrams and
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the city computer systems are down and
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that threatens to delay building.
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It's a headache. We just found out today
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when we come in that they've been hacked
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and can't do anything.
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It's not the only deadline dilemma. The
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health department window is closed, too.
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try to go get this birth certificate for
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ill timing for Amber Sville who needs a
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birth certificate for a job right away.
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It's kind of a hassle cuz I got to go
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all the way to Hamilton to go get it
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You can't get it here in Middletown.
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No sir, I can't. They told me it would
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be down. It would be closed until
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Police records are handcuffed and is
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taking a toll on the tax department.
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City employees aren't even logging into
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computers until a full assessment is
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done. Making it worse is no one knows
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how long this will last or who's
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Meanwhile, with building materials on
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the way, the deadline is coming fast for
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Jeff Masterson, who's used to having
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computers solve the problems. Now they
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And now a lot of people have personal
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information on some of these city
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systems. We ask if that was compromised.
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One source says it doesn't look like it,
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but nobody's giving an answer on the
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record. Reporting live, Brian Hamri,
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And Brian, has the city said anything
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about the nature of the cyber attack or
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what the hackers wanted in all of this?
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Yeah, we asked about that. We asked if
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this was a ransomware attack. Uh, so far
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they aren't saying anything about that.
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One insider told me they don't think
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that's what it is, but again, nothing on
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the record about that. Still a lot of
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questions. Chris, Brian Ham reporting
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live for us there in Middletown. Brian,
