Dallas to pay vendors $8.6M for their ransomware recovery services

The initial cleanup from a May ransomware attack that took most of Dallas’ services offline and disrupted operations for weeks bears a heavy financial cost for the city’s taxpayers.

The Dallas City Council on Wednesday approved a payment of almost $8.6 million to pay vendors for services linked to the cyberattack. The city did not name all of the vendors but previously identified CrowdStrike as its incident response partner.

The bill covers invoices from “various vendors for emergency purchases of hardware, software, professional services, consultants and monitoring services,” the city said in a statement.

The attack also raised significant personal data privacy concerns for city employees and their family members. The personal data of more than 26,000 individuals was compromised as part of the attack, including names, addresses, social security numbers and medical and health information, according to a data security breach report Dallas filed last week.

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