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NY lawmakers vow to tackle cyber hack attacks against hospitals, schools

Posted on January 15, 2023 by Dissent

Carl Campanile reports:

New York state lawmakers have promised to make helping local governments, schools and hospitals protect against cyber ransomware attacks a top priority during the 2023 legislative session.

It comes after a wave of such attacks hit institutions across the Empire State, with the computer systems of a major Brooklyn hospital network and those of the Suffolk County government disabled by hackers last year.

Read more at NY Post.


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