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Tonight, we're learning new details
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about the hack that shut down some St.
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Paul city systems. City leaders say
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hackers released just over 40 gigabytes
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of stolen information after the city
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refused to pay a ransom. Ubali explains
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the operation to increase security and
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to help employees who information is now
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A coordinated cyber attack.
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They say they stole around 43 gigabytes
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of data. The ransomware group interlock
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In this case, after we refused to pay
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the ransom, they chose to post the data
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publicly without trying to sell it.
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Mayor Melvin Carter says the hackers
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posted information taken from a single
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network drive used by the parks and
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The contents are varied and unsistatic.
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They could include everything from work
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documents, copies of IDs submitted for
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HR or travel, or even personal items
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like recipes. In a two-eek scramble to
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secure systems, city leaders shut down
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city phones connected through internet.
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Some online payment systems went dark,
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but 911 services remained operational.
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Then the city launched Operation Secure
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We've installed advanced security
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software on 90% of all unique city
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where 3,500 employees will get their
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devices checked and passwords reset.
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I've got my computer and now I'm going
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to go home and tomorrow I'll be able to
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City leaders say they will turn systems
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back on slowly. We have to make sure
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that that the threat actor left no
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Cyber security expert Paul Kenir says
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this organized crime is the new normal
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made even easier with AI.
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As long as there's money and there's
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opportunity, they're going to uh they're
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In a statement, the FBI special agent in
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charge says he's grateful the city of
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St. Paul acted quickly during this
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incident. In this case, we were able to
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utilize the FBI's unique authorities to
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identify the cyber criminals with the
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hope of providing relief to the victims.
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Now, we've also learned today the city
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will offer full-time, part-time, and
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seasonal employees credit and identity
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theft protection for the next 12 months.
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So, I'm sure that's a welcomed um news
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for city leaders who and employees that
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have been nervous about what information
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Yeah. All right. Thank you, Bob. Thank
