Missouri county declares state of emergency amid suspected ransomware attack

Missouri also has a governor that vowed criminal prosecution for a newspaper reporter who discovered “View Source” on a state website revealed teachers social security numbers [1]. This went on for months.

Even if a white hat had discovered flaws in Jackson County, they’d have to be insane to do anything with that information.

[1] https://missouriindependent.com/2021/10/14/missouri-governor...

Whenever I see large attacks like this, I always wonder exactly which ransomware is used by the attackers. It's interesting to see if it's an old tool or something new.