A small Ohio village is dealing with a ransomware attack that is impacting its computer services.
The Village of Golf Manor in Hamilton County was the victim of a cybersecurity incident that has “encrypted their computer network, including all available back-ups,” according to a Village of Ohio Resolution.
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The village council passed Resolution No. 2025-30 on Nov. 24. It proposed to pay for the guidance of a third-party group of experts to help.
The resolution states that experts may advise the village “to make a ransom payment” in exchange for the decryption key for the village’s networks and backup data…