Local Journalism Initiative
The Municipality of Bonfield keeps close tabs on its digital assets, including its website and all data held within Town Hall. They plan to keep it that way, and will continue running security tests on the system at regular intervals. In 2019, Bonfield became the victim of a ransomware scam. This caper involves hacking into a system, and holding the information hostage until a fee is paid to the culprits. However, the municipality came out of that unscathed, explained Andrée Gagné, Bonfield’s mu