The government of Baltimore has been taken hostage by ransomware and may remain shut down for weeks

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/05/21/beltway-bandits.html

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It’ll be a vast improvement over what Baltimore does day to day, maybe the po po will not kill as many citizens.

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bunk

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Nah. Now the cops just won’t look up people’s records before deciding whether to shoot them in the back.

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After they pay to fix this mess, maybe they can hire someone to teach them how to pronounce “Baltimore” properly.

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I just always assumed that the Baltimore gov. has always been shut down.

Watch, there will be no change once the system is back up and “running”.

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That’ll be $300k please. Thanks hon!

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Placing odds that the police are actually behind it…

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Friend works there. Says it’s gotten very clean and organized since people are doing non-computer related chores.

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“the city is unable to … perform …basic functions of city governance.” And has been for years. If the ransomware attack has not been publicized, city residents would never have noticed the difference.

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Obviously, shoulda got PCMatic!

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SheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeIT Department!

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