Participant in Baltimore's 2019 ransomware attack pleads guilty
Baltimore was hit by a ransomware attack in 2019. An Iranian man pleaded guilty in the United States in connection with the attack and faces up to 30 years in prison.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- City of Baltimore
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- It was reported that an Iranian man had pleaded guilty in the United States in connection with the 2019 Baltimore ransomware attack.
- It emerged that the targets of the ransomware scheme to which the man pleaded guilty also included other US cities such as Gresham.
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