"Pennsylvania Courts Say it Didn't Pay Ransom in cyberattack, And Attackers Never Sent a Demand"
Pennsylvania's state courts agency recently announced that it never received a ransom demand as part of a cyberattack that briefly shut down some of its online services earlier this month. The agency said the attack was a DDoS attack on the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts website, which disabled some online portals and systems that were all fully restored this week. The agency noted that the attack didn't compromise any data or stop the courts from operating on a normal schedule. A court agency spokesperson said officials there never received a ransom demand from the attackers, never had any communication with the attackers, and never paid anything to meet any sort of demand. A federal investigation into the cyberattack is ongoing.