British government minister told council to keep quiet after ransomware attack

An unnamed British government minister told the leader of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council to keep quiet about the impact of a “catastrophic” ransomware attack two years ago, a parliamentary committee was told on Monday. The pressure from central government to not discuss the impact of the attack “caused us a lot of issues,” said […]

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