“So, if you haven’t yet, I ask you now to reach out to someone in your life, especially if they are younger, who may not be vaccinated, whether you’re a parent or grandparent, aunt or uncle, or a friend” and share your experience, Levine said.
The state is hosting a number of clinics at colleges and in communities and walk-in and drive-thru vaccination sites, including at speedways, to make it as easy as possible for people to get vaccinated, Levine said.
Gov. Phil Scott called it “a moment of service.”
“Now your state, your country are asking you to step up. And this ask is much less than what many before us have been asked to do,” Scott said, referring to people who served in World War II. “We just want you to get vaccinated. By doing so, you will not only help yourself, but the people around you, the businesses in your community, your friends, your parents, your kids, even your grandparents.”
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Political hand-wringing in Washington over Russia’s hacking of federal agencies and interference in U.S. politics has mostly overshadowed a worsening digital scourge with a far broader wallop: crippling and dispiriting extortionary ransomware attacks by cybercriminal mafias that mostly operate in foreign safe havens out of the reach of Western law enforcement.
Stricken in the United States alone last year were more than 100 federal, state and municipal agencies, upwards of 500 health care centers, 1,680 educational institutions and untold thousands of businesses, according to the cybersecurity firm Emsisoft. Dollar losses are in the tens of billions. Accurate numbers are elusive. Many victims shun reporting, fearing the reputational blight.
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As ransomware hits U.S. agencies and companies, crooks stay out of reach
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By FRANK BAJAKAssociated Press
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Washington Metropolitan Police Department chief Robert Contee speaks during a news conference in Washington. This week, one ransomware syndicate threatened to make available to local criminal gangs data they say they stole from the Washington, D.C., metro police on informants. Alex Brandon/Associated Press
BOSTON Political hand-wringing in Washington over Russia’s hacking of federal agencies and interference in U.S. politics has mostly overshadowed a worsening digital scourge with a far broader wallop: crippling and dispiriting extortionary ransomware attacks by cybercriminal mafias that mostly operate in foreign safe havens out of the reach of Western law enforcement.
Apr 30, 2021
BOSTON (AP) Political hand-wringing in Washington over Russia’s hacking of federal agencies and interference in U.S. politics has mostly overshadowed a worsening digital scourge with a far broader wallop: crippling and dispiriting extortionary ransomware attacks by cybercriminal mafias that mostly operate in foreign safe havens out of the reach of Western law enforcement.
Stricken in the United States alone last year were more than 100 federal, state and municipal agencies, upwards of 500 health care centers, 1,680 educational institutions and untold thousands of businesses, according to the cybersecurity firm Emsisoft. Dollar losses are in the tens of billions. Accurate numbers are elusive. Many victims shun reporting, fearing the reputational blight.