City hopes next week to recover after ransomware attack

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David Brace, chief operating officer, said the goal is for most internal systems to be running as usual early next week.

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee — With at least some city departments feeling the effects of a ransomware attack, Knoxville leaders say they’re working around the clock and will keep at it this weekend in hopes of getting computer systems back to normal.

David Brace, chief operating officer, said the goal is for most internal systems to be running as usual early next week. After Thursday’s ransomware attack, city information technology staff shut down the network and switched to backup computers.

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