MA Utility, Reading Municipal Light Department, Hit By Ransomware

February 15, 2021

INCIDENT

A Massachusetts electric utility was a ransomware attack victim late last month.
The Reading Municipal Light Department (RMLD) suffered a ransomware infection Feb. 21, the Reading, MA-based electric utility said in a statement. RMLD did not disclose the details on how their system was infected or the demands of the group behind the malware. There was also no indication of plans to pay ransom to the threat actors.
RMLD has been operating for 125 years, and is serving more than 29,000 residential and commercial customers.

Incident Date

February 21, 2020

Estimated Cost

Unknown

Type of Malware

No Malware identified

Threat Source

No threat source identified