Ransomware attack locks down US prison


Cyberattackers hacked into the computer system that controls servers and Internet access at the prison in Bernalillo County, New Mexico last week. — AFP

LOS ANGELES: A ransomware attack locked down a US jail, knocking out security cameras and leaving inmates confined to their cells, court documents show.

Cyberattackers hacked into the computer system that controls servers and Internet access at the prison in Bernalillo County, New Mexico last week.

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