Overview

• Mayor Melvin Carter ordered a full shutdown of St. Paul’s computer networks on July 28 after a coordinated external attack overwhelmed city defenses
• Governor Tim Walz declared a state of emergency and deployed the Minnesota National Guard’s cyber protection unit on July 29
• FBI agents and two private cybersecurity firms have joined National Guard teams in investigating the breach and restoring key systems
• Emergency operations including 911 dispatch remain functional despite outages to Wi-Fi, online payments and library services
• Officials report no ransom demand has been made so far, suggesting the incident may not involve traditional ransomware tactics