Critical systems restored at English council following ransomware attack

Less than two months after a ransomware attack impacted St Helens Borough Council in northwest England, most services at the council are running again. Located between Liverpool and Manchester, the council — the local government authority in an area with about 180,000 residents — announced a “suspected ransomware incident” toward the end of August. It

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