Recently, the city of Dallas was hit with a ransomware attack affecting many of the city's vital services including their police department. Investigation of the attack is underway however, the Royal Ransomware operation is believed to be behind the attack. Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/city-of-dallas-hit-by-royal-ransomware-attack-impacting-it-services/
Ransomware often takes advantage of unpatched or poorly maintained systems; stay on top of your patching program with the use of Xylem’s cloud based solutions. To read more about defending OT spaces from Ransomware attacks, please check out this article from our partner, Dragos: https://www.dragos.com/defend-against-ransomware-in-ot/
~commentary by Baxter McCoy