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.
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'}