{"id":205620,"date":"2026-04-24T13:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/city-of-suffolk-victim-of-cybersecurity-attack\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T16:55:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:55:20","slug":"city-of-suffolk-victim-of-cybersecurity-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/city-of-suffolk-victim-of-cybersecurity-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Suffolk victim of cybersecurity attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/city-suffolk-victim-cybersecurity-attack-175100440.html\">City of Suffolk victim of cybersecurity attack<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/city-suffolk-victim-cybersecurity-attack-175100440.html\">https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/city-suffolk-victim-cybersecurity-attack-175100440.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-24 13:51:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.yahoo.com\">www.yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Author: <a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p> Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. SUFFOLK \u2014 The city of Suffolk announced Friday it was targeted in a cybersecurity attack that may have accessed and retrieved data.The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency notified the city on Feb. 25 that \u201ca malicious actor may have exfiltrated data from the city\u2019s network,\u201d the city said in a news statement. Suffolk city management, information technology officials and third-party cybersecurity experts immediately began to investigate the incident.The investigation is still ongoing. But so far it\u2019s found the scammer attempted to use \u201cransomware,\u201d or malicious software that blocks entrance to systems and networks, and requires a ransom for renewed access. The city then detected the cyber threat and blocked further access, according to the release.The investigators have not confirmed what information, if any, the cyber scammer accessed or obtained. However, the city said it is possible that an individual\u2019s full name or first initial and last name, as well as personally identifiable information, may have been seen or accessed.A strategic service provider reviewed the city\u2019s systems, and \u201cimplemented stronger policies to prevent future attacks,\u201d the release said.The cyber attack was reported to the FBI Cyber Division and the Virginia Fusion Center, according to the release.The city advised anyone with additional questions to call 833-918-1153, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City of Suffolk victim of cybersecurity attack https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/city-suffolk-victim-cybersecurity-attack-175100440.html Publish Date: 2026-04-24 13:51:00 Source Domain: www.yahoo.com&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":205621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Or4lkPEzuu2Ep5lptV.piQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/virginian_pilot_tribune_local_770\/a285ea61d8d864a648f0808481142fd9","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-205620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-cybersecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205622,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205620\/revisions\/205622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}