MARINA – The Marina City Council is scheduled to receive a presentation at its meeting Tuesday on the results of a study conducted to find the source of odors that have long hounded some people in the city. SCS Engineers, which conducted the research, will present the study methodology and results at the meeting. Several […]
The calls came in on the personal cell phones of Monterey Bay Air Resources District staff, from a spoofed phone number and with no attempt made by the caller to disguise their voice: Pay what we're demanding and we'll give you your data back. Don't pay, and we're going to sell it.
On Nov. 24, the Air Resources District found out that someone had invaded their servers in what's known as a ransomware attack, in which hackers take over data, encrypt it and then demand payment for its safe return.Â
The district began notifying 2,000 customers via mail this week, but they're still not sure if the hackers managed to steal anything. The district was able to restore all of its systems and didn't pay the ransom demand.