City of Lafayette

The City of Lafayette experienced a ransomware attack on July 27, 2020.

They paid $45,000 to regain control of its servers.

Staff emails and phones were disabled.

Online payment and reservation systems and other critical functions of the Boulder County municipality were also disabled.

City Manager Fritz Sprague said it would take a week or more to decrypt the city's data and systems.

Source: https://coloradosun.com/2020/08/10/cyber-attack-ransomware-small-towns-data-breach-malware-lafayette/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/city-of-lafayette-indiana

"id": "cit3723123",
"linkid": "city-of-lafayette-indiana",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "07/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Lafayette, Boulder County',
                        'name': 'City of Lafayette',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'date_detected': '2020-07-27',
 'description': 'The City of Lafayette experienced a ransomware attack that '
                'disabled critical functions including staff emails, phones, '
                'online payment, and reservation systems.',
 'impact': {'downtime': ['A week or more'],
            'financial_loss': '$45,000',
            'systems_affected': ['Staff emails',
                                 'Phones',
                                 'Online payment systems',
                                 'Reservation systems',
                                 'Other critical functions']},
 'motivation': ['Financial Gain'],
 'ransomware': {'ransom_demanded': '$45,000', 'ransom_paid': '$45,000'},
 'title': 'Ransomware Attack on the City of Lafayette',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}