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Several state and local government agencies around the United States have had their web presences taken out following a ransomware attack against a web hosting provider the agencies share.
The provider, Managed.com, was targeted with the REvil malware in an incident that appears to have started Monday. The company has said it took down the entirety of its web hosting services, according to ZDNet, which was first to report the incident. Those services include managed website hosting, email and file-transfer servers and remote access points.
But in Managed.com deactivating its hosting infrastructure, several of its clients’ websites have…