Police in Cockrell Hill, Tex., lost eight years of documents, photos, and videos when a ransomware attack corrupted files on its server.
The server of a police department in Cockrell Hill, Tex., was recently the victim of ransomware. The attack wiped out eight years worth of evidence, including Microsoft documents, photos, body camera video, in-house surveillance video, and in-car camera video, reports BleepingComputer. Officials said they were unsure how this loss would affect ongoing investigations, but few prosecutions are expected to suffer.
