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BitPaymer Cyberattack in Alaska A malicious computer  cryptovirus  is known to have hit Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) borough, an Anchorage Metropolitan Area in Alaska on July 24 th  2018. The discovery of the  ransomware  attack led Borough’s government networks and IT staff to shut down largely affected IT systems. Servers were the first to loose connectivity  followed by phones, email id, and Internet access! The security team is steadily working to  cope with the compromised systems and to get them cleaned and restore email, phones and Internet connection. BitPaymer Cyberattack in Alaska – Multi-pronged, Multi-vectored Attack Modus Operandi on the attack revealed that the virus exhibited a “Multi-pronged, Multi-vectored attack” trait that had the multiple aspects of viruses including dead man’s switch, Cryptolocker, time bomb and Trojan horse. The malware was identified as BitPaymer ransomware that was first spotted in July last year. Cu...