Scottish Environmental Protection Agency confirms 'ongoing' ransomware attack

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SEPA's email system is still down almost a month after the initial breach

The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) is still responding to an ongoing ransomware attack it identified on Christmas Eve, which has knocked many of its critical IT systems offline. ...

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