Tulsa cybersecurity attack similar to pipeline attack
May 19, 2021
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A cybersecurity attack on the city of Tulsa's computer system was similar to an attack on the Colonial Pipeline and that the hacker is known, officials said Thursday.
"I can't share anything other than we know who did it," Mayor G.T. Bynum said, adding that the city did not pay the hackers. "They wanted to talk with us about what (a ransom) would be for them not to announce (the attack) and we never engaged them."
Bynum said Tulsa's computer security system identified the attack and shut down the system before it was infiltrated.
The attack, discovered earlier this month, w...
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