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Ransomware gang releases data stolen from the City of Oakland [iophk: Windows TCO]
The ransomware attack occured on Feb. 8, knocking some of the city’s information technology systems offline. A state of emergency was then declared on Feb. 16 following what the city described as ongoing network outages caused by the attack. The attack did not affect 911 services, but certain nonemergency systems were forced offline.
A month after the attack, the Play ransomware group, which first emerged in August following an attack on Argentina’s Judiciary of Córdoba, has started releasing the stolen files.
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Now Microsoft injects Copilot AI into Dynamics 365
It remains to be seen whether customers will welcome robo-communiqués – mechanical missives that can be detected most of the time. So it may not be long before message filters can block them as we do with normal spam. The automation of phone calls certainly hasn't endeared many people to marketers.
Customer service reps can use tools similar to those available to sales personnel Microsoft said. For Dynamics 365 Customer Service, Copilot supports drafting answers to queries – using both knowledge base content and conversation history data – in both email and chat.
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Cyberattack hits major hospital in Spanish city of Barcelona
A ransomware cyberattack on one of Barcelona’ s main hospitals has crippled the center’s computer system and forced the cancellation of 150 nonurgent operations and up to 3,000 patient checkups, officials said Monday.
The attack Sunday on the Hospital Clinic de Barcelona shut down computers at the facility's laboratories, emergency room and pharmacy at three main centers and several external clinics.
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Ransomware Operators Leak Data Allegedly Stolen From City of Oakland [iophk: Windows TCO]
The cyberattack started on February 8 and was disclosed on February 10, when Oakland announced that it had taken systems offline to contain the incident, but that emergency services were not impacted.
One week later, while continuing restoration efforts, the city declared a local state of emergency, to speed up the procurement of equipment and materials.