City of Yonkers

The City of Yonkers has been the victim of a ransomware attack.

The attack caused City Hall and its employees to remain without their computers for a period of five days.

The city decoded not to pay a requested ransom to unlock their computer servers, and instead has spent the past week trying to upload as much data as possible from their backups.

Source: https://yonkerstimes.com/city-of-yonkers-hacked-no-computers-for-the-past-week-ransom-demanded-city-hall-says-no/

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

"id": "cit231119123",
"linkid": "city-of-yonkers",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "09/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Sector',
                        'location': 'Yonkers, NY',
                        'name': 'City of Yonkers',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'description': 'The City of Yonkers has been the victim of a ransomware '
                'attack. The attack caused City Hall and its employees to '
                'remain without their computers for a period of five days. The '
                'city decided not to pay a requested ransom to unlock their '
                'computer servers, and instead has spent the past week trying '
                'to upload as much data as possible from their backups.',
 'impact': {'downtime': '5 days',
            'operational_impact': 'City Hall and its employees were without '
                                  'their computers',
            'systems_affected': ['Computer servers', 'Employee computers']},
 'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
 'ransomware': {'ransom_paid': 'No'},
 'response': {'recovery_measures': ['Uploading data from backups']},
 'title': 'Ransomware Attack on the City of Yonkers',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}