Risk Management, Ransomware, Municipalities

Ohio House Bill 96 Ushers in New Era of Cybersecurity Compliance for Local Governments and School Districts

Bricker Graydon LLP on 7/31/2025

On June 30, 2025, Governor Mike DeWine signed into law (HB 96), a cybersecurity mandate that applies to all political subdivisions in Ohio—including counties, municipalities, townships, and school districts. ...more

Financial Daily Dose 2.10.2020 | Top Story: Volvo May go Public Via Merger With Owner’s Geely Automobile Holdings

Robins Kaplan LLP on 2/10/2020

Volvo’s owner, Li Shufu, is mulling over a move to combine the carmaker with his publicly traded Geely Automobile Holdings—a play that would take Volvo public and “unify the bulk of billionaire Li’s growing stable of...more

Emerging Cyber-Security Threats for 2020: The Rise of Disruptionware and High-Impact Ransomware Attacks

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 1/27/2020

Disruptionware is defined by the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT) as a new and “emerging category of malware designed to suspend operations within a victim organization through the compromise of the...more

Can You Really Protect Against Ransomware?

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/16/2019

We’ve written a few times recently about municipalities, companies, and government agencies hit with ransomware attacks this year. In early July, it was reported that a court system in Georgia was attacked with ransomware,...more

Florida Municipalities Getting Hammered with Ransomware

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 6/28/2019

Security researchers have warned municipalities repeatedly about how they are being targeted with ransomware, that they are at high risk, and the need to make data security a high priority....more

Orange County, NC Hit with Ransomware Attack

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 3/21/2019

The headlines of hacking incidents against counties, cities and towns are racking up like the retail space was several years ago....more

Jackson County, Georgia Pays Hackers $400,000 After Ransomware Attack

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 3/18/2019

Cities and towns continue to be a profitable target for successful ransomware attacks. As we previously reported, the list of cities and towns getting hit with ransomware attacks continues to grow....more

Sammamish, Washington Declares Emergency After Ransomware Attack

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/4/2019

I was a speaker at a recent conference of municipalities in a state last week, and during my presentation, I mentioned the various cyber-attacks that have affected cities, towns and educational departments in the U.S....more

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