English council spent £1.1 million recovering from ransomware attack

Gloucester City Council in the West Midlands of England was forced to spend more than £1.1 million ($1.39 million) to recover from a ransomware attack in December 2021, according to the published agenda of a council meeting that took place on Monday. The meeting followed the council receiving a formal reprimand by the Information Commissioner’s

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