this is beyond stupid. municipal IT systems are vulnerable because of poor resource availability and lack of budgets to properly secure them. paying the ransom

this is beyond stupid. municipal IT systems are vulnerable because of poor resource availability and lack of budgets to properly secure them. paying the ransom ware folks should be considered the cost of doing business. it’s cheaper than actually securing the data. anyway it’s expected. the same mayors that underfund IT would be the same ones to make this ridiculous “red line”. good opportunity here for a cookie cutter IT consultancy to come in to all of these cities and offer cookie cutter service.