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35%
The FBI says ransomware cost
U.S. taxpayers
Virginia experienced 76 million cyberattacks in 2016
St. Louis Public
Library was hit with ransomware, demanding $35,000 in Bitcoin
Cook County, Chicago was a victim of the WannaCry ransomware attack
Bingham County, Idaho paid $3,000 in ransomware to restore
its servers
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WHY STATE & LOCAL AGENCIES
NEED TO STEP UP
THEIR DEFENSES
Cyberattacks are on the rise—and will only get worse from here
NO AGENCY IS IMMUNE
DRAMATIC INCREASE IN CYBERATTACKS
Web application attacks grew by 35% between Q1 2016 and Q1 2017
A cyberattack can be a political statement — Hacking groups targeted Arizona State Police after a controversial immigration bill and Howard County, MD was hacked with pro-Islamic State messages in 2017.
Public sector agencies experienced
during 2016
Ransomware
at all levels of government tripled between 2015 and 2016
137% more
cyberattacks over the last few years
$1 billion