Operations of the Virginia Attorney General's office were reported by the Richmond Times-Dispatch to have been significantly impacted by a cyberattack this week, which took down most of its computer systems, according to The Associated Press.
Forty-seven organizations, most of which are in the U.S., were purportedly compromised in double-extortion attacks by the Clop ransomware operation, reports Cybernews.
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