Louisiana's governor declared a state of emergency after a cybersecurity attack on government servers

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency Friday following a cyberattack on state government servers.The state of Louisiana activated its cybersecurity response team following a ransomware attack on government servers on Monday, but the state did not lose any data nor pay any ransom, according to a press release.The attack prompted an outage of "many state websites and emails" on Monday "due to the state taking extreme emergency protective measures, including shutting down server traffic, to neutralize the attack."Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency on Friday following a cybersecurity attack on state government servers.The state of Louisiana activated its cybersecurity response team following a

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