NORTH ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - The North St. Paul City Council held an emergency meeting on Monday after its police department was targeted in a cyberattack.

North St. Paul cyberattack

What we know:

City leaders met Monday afternoon to respond to a cyberattack against the North St. Paul Police Department.

During the meeting, council members approved a contract with law firm McDonald Hopkins, which has a cybersecurity branch called Arete, to respond, investigate and examine the full scope of the attack.

Monday's meeting was brief, lasting less than five minutes, with little discussion and ending following the vote on the contract.

What we don't know:

City leaders did not discuss the specifics of the cyberattack.

In council documents, officials explain the emergency meeting was

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