Route Fifty: Local officials in Atlanta haven't asked for the Georgia Technology Authority’s help since City Hall was hit with a ransomware attack on March 22, but the state’s Cybersecurity Workforce Academy could assist local governments in avoiding similar crises in the future.
The city had until March 28 to transfer 6 bitcoins, worth about $51,000, to a bitcoin wallet disabled days before the deadline—lest the hackers encrypting some government systems delete the data they had access to.
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