After a Major Cyberattack, Does the Public Deserve an Explanation?

NextGov: It has been more than two months since the city of Atlanta suffered a cyberattack that left most computer systems down for days, and some for weeks. Still, little is public about how the city plans to set things right over the long-term.

While the city has been communicative about working with the FBI and private partners to get systems back online, few details are known—beyond the $5 million in emergency authorizations to recover from the attack—about what is being done to ensure it never happens again.

Which leads to the real question: does the public need to know more?

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