Knoxville Hit By Ransomware Attack

March 4, 2021

INCIDENT

The city of Knoxville, Tennessee, appears to be back up after shutting down part of its computer network Thursday as a result of a ransomware attack.
The attack was first noticed by members of the Knoxville Fire Department around 4:30 a.m. Thursday, according to a report in the Knoxville News Sentinel.

Incident Date

June 11, 2020

Estimated Cost

Unknown

Type of Malware

No Malware identified

Threat Source

No threat source identified