Add Rocky Mount, north carolina to the list of governments hitting by ransomware. as of Aug. 28, they didn’t appear to yet know too much, as WITN reported: Rocky mount leaders are trying to catch the citys network back on runway after facing a cyber attack. The city is in the process of confirming what impact the attack may have had on information on the network. Leaders read they know Rocky mount was the victim of a cyber attack that involved the encryption of certain city systems, and state the investigation will determine if personal information was stolen.