Pa. Senate Democrats were targeted in a cyberattack in March 2017.
Ransomware encrypts data on an infected system and demands that users pay a ransom in the digital currency Bitcoin in exchange for the decryption key required to unlock the network and unlock the data.
They investigated the system and shut down systems all day.
Source: https://www.pennlive.com/politics/2017/03/hackers_attack_pa_senate_democ.html
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/pa-senate
"id": "pas105111722",
"linkid": "pa-senate",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "03/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Politics',
'location': 'Pennsylvania',
'name': 'Pa. Senate Democrats',
'type': 'Government'}],
'date_detected': 'March 2017',
'description': 'Pa. Senate Democrats were targeted in a cyberattack in March '
'2017. Ransomware encrypted data on an infected system and '
'demanded a ransom in Bitcoin to unlock the network and data. '
'The system was investigated and shut down all day.',
'impact': {'downtime': 'All day'},
'motivation': 'Financial',
'ransomware': {'data_encryption': True},
'references': [{'source': 'Pa. Senate Democrats'}],
'response': {'containment_measures': ['Systems shut down']},
'title': 'Pa. Senate Democrats Ransomware Attack',
'type': 'Ransomware'}