Employees at a number of city agencies have been shut out of their work computers Tuesday by a system-wide ransomware attack, with files held hostage unless users agree to send Bitcoins along to the attackers.
A city employee, who asked to remain anonymous because they didn’t have authorization to discuss the matter publicly, forwarded a photo (above) of their work computer with instructions for regaining access. The employee said they noticed they couldn’t access their work computer as early as 8 a.m., and that the note appeared around 11:30 a.m.
“You can’t decrypt your data, except you have the ‘Private key’ which is belong to us,” a poorly worded and typo-riddled ransom message states. “It’s impossible to recover your files without private key.”
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