Mayor Carter: Ransomware attack stole files from parks & rec department

ST PAUL, Minn. — St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter said the group behind the ransomware attack targeting the city's internal systems allegedly stole about 43 gigabytes of data, primarily from the parks and recreation department.

In a press conference Monday evening , Carter said that the group has a history of committing attacks similar to the one that targeted the city of St. Paul, and in previous instances, the group sold thousands of gigabytes from a single victim.

Carter went on to explain that the files that were posted appeared to be from a single shared network drive, and added that it didn't include "core city systems" such as payroll, permitting or licensing.

"The contents are varied and unsystematic," Carter said. "They could include anything from work documents, copies of IDs