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Nearly all Maine residents have data stolen in cybersecurity attack

By Christopher Hutton
Published November 10, 2023 3:30pm ET
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Nearly all Maine residents have data stolen in cybersecurity attack
State agencies in Maine fell victim to a cyberattack and lost nearly all of the state population’s data to hackers. The state government reported on Thursday that 1.3 million individuals had their data stolen by ransomware hackers, meaning people who install software locking up a user’s data and requiring a ransom to free it. SOCIAL […]

State agencies in Maine fell victim to a cyberattack and lost nearly all of the state population’s data to hackers.

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