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Still few answers ahead of North Miami meeting on cyberattack
NORTH MIAMI, Fla. – North Miami leadership has been in the dark during the 10 days since a ransomware demand appeared on city hall computers.
On Tuesday, councilmembers were set to receive a virtual executive session from the city manager, who, for some reason, has withheld details until now, despite calls from both the council and residents for more information.
Councilman Pierre Frantz Charles didn’t say how he’ll log into the virtual meeting with all the computers still dark at City Hall. He didn’t say much of anything to Local 10 News.
“Are you ignoring me?” Reporter Glenna Milberg asked.
”No, I’m not. I think you would be better off (unintelligible),” Frantz Charles replied.
Questions remain about whether the mayor — whose personal Gmail was hacked a month ago — opened that hacked Gmail on city servers, and what the plan is for offline city services.
The police department is using walkie-talkies to dispatch, according to a council member.
“We can say that emergency services and the 911 system are operational, but beyond that, we are not able to go into specifics,” a city spokesperson told Local 10 News.
Several questions remain, including whether the city complied with Florida’s two-year-old cybersecurity law, which requires notifying the state about the breach and fulfilling other obligations.
The law expressly states that cities “may not pay or otherwise comply with a ransom demand.”
It’s not clear how the city plans to move forward. Federal agents are working with city staff to investigate the source of the breach.
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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 12-year-old girl was shot in the arm after gunfire erupted in a northwest Miami-Dade neighborhood early Tuesday morning, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said they responded just before 1 a.m. to the area of Northwest 64th Street and Northwest 21st Avenue in the county’s Gladeview area, where they found three vehicles struck by gunfire, including a silver Hyundai.
“The car was parked outside of the residence. It was occupied by three juveniles, so it was the girl and her two siblings that were in the vehicle. The mom was outside of the vehicle at the time, so this could have been a very different outcome,” MDSO Detective Samantha Choon said.
Authorities said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue medics transported the girl to a nearby hospital in stable condition.
A family member of the victim told Local 10’s Jackie Pascale that the girl is now home and doing OK.
They said neither her siblings nor their mother was injured in the shooting.
According to investigators, no arrests have been made, and detectives have not released any suspect information at this time.
Neighbor Marie Grimes said she was shaken after hearing multiple gunshots.
“I heard the booms — boom, boom, boom, boom — and I said, ‘Oh my God, what’s happening?’” she said. “Maybe five or six, ’cause look at that right there. I’m just glad the little girl is OK.”
Investigators asked neighbors to check their surveillance or Ring camera footage from around 1 a.m. and contact authorities with any information.
Anyone with information on the shooting is urged to contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477. Anonymous tips are accepted.
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Three people were hurt after a building caught fire on Lincoln Road on Sunday, according to authorities.
The Miami Beach Fire Department said it was working a fire near 230 Lincoln Road.
The flames had spread from a fire in a manhole that “ignited an FPL vault of an adjacent building,” officials said.
Three people were taken to Mount Sinai Medical Center with minor injuries.
The building was evacuated, and FPL has shut off power to the surrounding area, the fire department said.
Drivers were asked to avoid the area of Collins Avenue between 16th and 17th streets while crews worked the scene.
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