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City of Keizer: after ransomware, a fuse on the storage

October 27, 20261 min read

An Oregon city that lost police evidence to ransomware now runs SnapShield on its storage.

The situation

In 2020 ransomware encrypted police evidence at the City of Keizer, Oregon.

What they did

The city adopted 45Drives SnapShield, which watches for ransomware behaviour on the storage server itself.

The result

SnapShield stops an attack within a few dozen files and backs up existing files immediately.

Why it matters

Municipalities are a prime ransomware target. Protection on the storage catches what endpoint tools miss.

Source: GovTech. This organization is a 45Drives customer, not a Connex client.

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