Ransomware is everywhere — even in this sleepy Texas town

KEENE, Texas - When a ransomware attack hit Keene, Texas, no one noticed.

Like many small Texas cities, Keene - an exurb about 40 miles south of Fort Worth with a population of about 6,500 - contracted its technology services to an out-of-town company, including management of its computer servers. The city had never been hit with something like this before.

So when Landis Adams and other city employees showed up as usual at 8 a.m. Friday, turned on their computers and saw a mess of text, they figured the servers were down.

But when city officials contacted the company that manages their