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a certain kind of Cyber attack has been
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making headlines in Indiana after
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affecting multiple local governments our
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Garett Drake has the details Garrett
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yeah Dana ransomware has been the Talk
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of the Town over the last few days after
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the attack on Clay County however this
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is not the first time it has struck a
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government multiple Indiana Counties
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have fallen victim to a certain kind of
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Cyber attack called ransomware Monroe
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and Clay counties are dealing with a
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similar situation that VG County
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encountered back in 2019 and about 2
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a.m. Our IT department was notified by a
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system they had in place that we had an
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infection within our computer system um
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initially we thought it was what we call
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a malware attack um we later learned
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within you know by the next day that it
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was actually a ransomware attack the US
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cyber security and infrastructure
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Security Agency says that ransomware is
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a form of malware that is designed to
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encrypt files and hold them for ransom
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for a local government they are left
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with a choice of whether or not to pay
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you know we call it a ransomware and
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while vgo County government did not have
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to pay a ransom the reason why we didn't
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Ransom was asked um but I can't share
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specifics as I recall um due to the way
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the investigation was um I do recall it
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came from we'll say an Eastern European
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area um on our globe while all affected
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agencies have yet to go on camera Clay
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County Commissioners filed a local
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disaster Declaration on July 11th
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current vgo County Commissioner Chris
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Switzer said earlier in the week that
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they are taking precautions to avoid
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another attack in vgo County what
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happened after we had that Cyber attack
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as we worked with the Indiana office of
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technology to enforce our cyber security
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that we already had in place offered
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trainings to our employees and which are
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required at this point and just making
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sure our employees know that if they get
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an email with a link in it to make sure
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they do their due diligence this is
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still a developing story and officials
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announced that the courthouse is not
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expected to reopen until at least July
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22nd back to you all right thanks so
