AT&T Cybersecurity serves as critical first responder during attack on municipality

Earlier this year, analysts in the AT&T Cybersecurity Managed Threat Detection and Response (MTDR) security operations center (SOC) were alerted to a potential ransomware attack on a large municipal customer. The attack, which was subsequently found to have been carried out by members of the Royal ransomware group, affected several departments and temporarily disrupted critical communications and IT systems.

During the incident, AT&T analysts served as critical first responders, promptly investigating alarms in the USM Anywhere platform and quickly communicating …

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