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San Bernardino County pays $1.1M ransom to hackers who breached Sheriff’s Department

San Bernardino County officials have revealed that they paid hackers a $1.1 million ransom after their computer systems were breached in a cyberattack. The attack, which targeted the Sheriff’s Department, disrupted certain systems and hindered crucial tasks such as background checks for criminal suspects. A spokesperson for the county said insurance covered more than half

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Indian Canyon Drive reopened Monday morning

Update: North Indian Canyon Drive  between Sunrise Parkway and Palm Springs Station Road has been reopened due to improved visibility. The road was previously shut down to all traffic earlier Monday morning due to low visibility from blowing sand. The closure extended through the Whitewater Wash between the city and Interstate 10 from Sunrise Parkway to Palm

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San Bernardino County paid $1.1M to resolve ransomware attack

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A $1.1 million payment was made to resolve a ransomware attack on a California county’s law enforcement computer network, Southern California News Group reported. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced in April that a “network disruption” was being investigated by information technology staff and forensic specialists, and that the FBI and Department

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