For the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, so far the cleanup from a December 2020 attack has cost nearly 790,000 pounds ($1.1 million), according to figures obtained by the BBC under freedom of information laws. Of that amount, it reports that $635,000 was spent to stabilize the agency’s IT platform.
SEPA is the Scottish government’s principal environmental regulator. The nondepartmental public body – meaning it largely operates independently – has a staff of about 1,200.
