Are local governments the target of cybercriminals?

Columbian: Michael Hamilton was the chief information officer for the city of Seattle when he noticed the city’s security systems had snagged a booby-trapped email. The threat was contained before it became a problem, he said, but the malicious program apparently targeted power marketers, the utility employees who negotiate with wholesalers for electricity. Power marketers tend to keep their dealings fairly close to the chest, Hamilton said, so how did one of them end up in the sights of cybercriminals?

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