Officials at the City of Augusta, Georgia, have been noted by Mayor Garnett Johnson to have not communicated with the BlackByte ransomware operation that took credit for a cyberattack against the city that commenced on May 21, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future. Augusta had been demanded to pay a $2 million ransom by BlackByte on May 25 but the city noted the following day that it has not received any demand.

Source: SC Magazine