Officials in Wood County are still recovering information after the IT department detected ransomware on the government’s computer network on Dec. 9.

The sun has set on 2024, but we can’t properly look ahead to 2025 without taking a few moments to look back at some of the ...

Dating back to the 1980s, ransomware is a form of malware used by cybercriminals to lock files on a person's computer and demand payment to unlock them. The technology — which officially turned 35 in ...

OSAKA--A major hospital here suspended routine medical services after a ransomware cyberattack shut ... The hospital reported the attack to the prefectural police. Hospital officials said they ...

Rock County officials are refusing to pay the $1.9 million hackers are seeking to unlock files that were encrypted during a recent ransomware attack. County Administrator Josh smith says nobody wants ...

PARKERSBURG — The following property transfers took place in Wood County between June 3-7: * Thomas Zimmerman sub trustee and Robert Morehardt (indirect) to Patrick Lee, Lots 29, 30, 31 ...

PARKERSBURG — The following cases were handled in Wood County Magistrate Court on Dec. 23-25: * Hannah Nicole Brannon, 512 9th Ave. Apt. D, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to having no operator’s ...

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A major storm pounded Santa Cruz County on Monday, bringing flooding and high surf that was blamed for fatally trapping a man beneath debris on a beach and later partially collapsing a pier ...

Two convicted felons are accused in a miles-long police chase that stretched from Jefferson County into Milwaukee County in December. After a deadly New Year's Day attack on New Orleans' Bourbon ...