It comes a week after the city of St. Paul also experienced a cyberattack.
NORTH ST PAUL, Minn. — The city of North St. Paul experienced a cyberattack, just a week after the city of St. Paul announced it was experiencing one too.
An emergency city council meeting was held Monday, where it was announced the city needed to respond to a “business email compromise incident,” which may have led to the disclosure of personal information.
According to the agenda for the meeting, the cyberattack was experienced within the police department and some data may have been compromised.
The council voted to approve a contract with the law firm McDonald Hopkins, which will analyze and respond to the breach. The council also voted to enter a contract with McDonald Hopkins’ cybersecurity experts.
No discussion on the attack was had during the short meeting Monday, and no additional details on how this happened were given. KARE 11 will update this story as we learn more.
Nearby St. Paul is under a state of emergency as local, state and federal agencies coordinate a response to a cyberattack that began in July. While the full scope of that breach remains unclear, officials said that they have taken steps to limit potential damage by taking numerous city services offline. The Minnesota National Guard’s cyber forces were activated to help the Capital City.
Other major U.S. cities, including Atlanta, Dallas and Columbus, have previously been subjected to cyberattacks.
