Tuesday began week five of coping with a ransomware attack in Baltimore City government. City officials now expect nearly all city employees to be back on their email accounts by week’s end, but other systems are still offline.
The City Finance Director Henry Raymond described the current status of city operations affected by the ransomware attack as not ideal, but manageable, and one official warned about what to expect once water billing is restored.
Mayor Jack Young brought most his cabinet to a briefing Tuesday morning on progress on repairing and restoring the city’s computer operations.
“All city services remain operational. Baltimore is open for business,” Young said.
To date, a third of city employees have had email service restored, with new passwords. Property tax bills are going out on schedule July 1.
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