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The city of Pensacola, Fla. is recovering from a ransomware attack by the Maze group, which shut down the city the day after a shooting at its Naval Air Station. Maze, which has launched other recent U.S. ransomware attacks, told Bleeping Computer the attack was not related to the shooting, which is being investigated by the FBI as possible terrorism. “We did not know about this,” Bleeping Computer reportedMaze as saying. “It is just coincidence."
The Florida panhandle city reported Thursday that it has recovered email and landline phone connections. Emergency services were not affected by the attack, which sought a $1 million ransom, Maze told Bleeping Computer.
On Monday Maze operators claimed responsibility for an attack against the wire and cable company Southwire, based in Carrollton, Ga., about 300 miles north of Pensacola. Last month Maze hit security staffing firm Allied Universal with another ransomware attack. “There is a wave of ransomware attacks targeting companies and institutions all over the world,” Avast Security Evangelist Luis Corrons said. “These attacks are so disruptive that many victims opt to pay the ransom, making this type of attack really profitable, and therefore the number of victims is growing every day.”
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