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The police department in Camden County, New Jersey confirmed that it was hit with a ransomware attack last month and is still investigating the incident. A spokesperson for the department — which serves the county’s 523,000 residents — told Recorded Future News that the ransomware attack took place on March 13. Camden County borders Philadelphia to its northwest. “The agency is operational and did not experience any disruption or outages in its public safety response services to the Camden City community,” said spokesperson Dan Keashen. “At this time, the department is working with information technology and law enforcement professionals to ensure that there is no remaining threat in our network.” Keashen added that he could not provide more information on the topic because internal and outside counsels are limiting what he can say. But he confirmed that a recent report on the incident by NBC News was “accurate.” NBC News reported on Thursday that several law enforcement sources told them that the attack “has been locking many criminal investigative files and day-to-day internal administration abilities.” The news outlet said “about 80-85 percent of the files have now been reopened” and that the FBI, NJ State Homeland Security’s office and the New Jersey attorney general’s office were all involved in the investigation. In addition to the ransomware incident involving the Camden County Police Department, the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office told The Record that it also was dealing with its own cyberattack. A spokesperson said the cyberattack occurred about one week ago. “The Office is operational and did not experience any disruption or outages in its public safety response services to the Camden County community,” the spokesperson said. “At this time, the Office is working with information technology and law enforcement professionals to ensure that there is no remaining threat in our network.”

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