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Quincy Mayor Mike Troup on May 24 said the city has spent about $150,000 on outside consultants and $500,000 for an encryption key to regain access to the city’s information services systems. The City Council approved May 23 an emergency payment for cyber security consulting, emergency purchases and retaining the firms of Mullen Coughlin, LLC,…
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QUINCY — The City of Quincy will hold a news conference Tuesday morning to outline “emergency payments” to be made for “cyber security” and “cyber cryptocurrency and ransomware” negotiation services. Mayor Mike Troup was absent from Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting, but after aldermen voted on two resolutions, Director of Administrative Services Jeff Mays said…
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