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Louisiana Calls Out National Guard to Fight Ransomware Surge

An investigation showed a custom backdoor RAT and the Emotet trojan in the networks of municipal victims of the attacks. An investigation into the attacks unearthed a remote access trojan (RAT) buried in affected networks, which is often the calling card of an advanced persistent threat (APT) group known to be an arm of the North Korean government. In July 2019, Louisiana s governor declared a statewide state of emergency after ransomware hits on at least three school districts Monroe City, Morehouse Parish and Sabine Parish.

Source: https://threatpost.com/louisiana-national-guard-ransomware/160508/

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