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Cyberattack disrupts Lowell city government, shuts down computers

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Dissent

Louisa Moller reports:

The city of Lowell is alerting residents to a cyberattack that impacted the municipality’s computer systems starting early on Monday.

“We realized Monday morning around 3 to 5 a.m. that there was a breach,” said City Manager Tom Golden.

Golden says that phones, emails and other city systems are down as a result.

Read more at CBS.

This was not reported as a ransomware incident, but that may change when more details are revealed in the future.

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