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Richardson officials describe September cyberattack and point to $5 million IT capital allocation to bolster defenses
5360500 · July 10, 2025
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Summary
City leaders said an attempted server encryption in September was blocked quickly; the city cited prior investments and a $5 million budget allocation for IT upgrades as part of ongoing risk mitigation.
Mayor Bob Dubey told the State of the City audience that Richardson experienced a cybersecurity incident on Sept. 25 in which an outside party gained access to city servers and attempted to encrypt them.
"Upon investigation, they discovered an external party had gained access to our servers and attempted to encrypt…
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