Cybersecurity incident — 2023-05-17 00:00:00
Affected organization: City of Augusta
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: BlackByte
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Russian Federation

The city of Augusta in Georgia, U.S., confirms that the most recent IT system outage was caused by unauthorized access to its network. The BlackByte ransomware gang claims responsibility for the attack.