RANSOMWARE ATTACK 'CRIPPLING' FOR SOME RESTAURANTS.

NCR said it is making progress restoring services after a ransomware attack led to a data center outage that crippled its Aloha cloud-based services and Counterpoint applications used by restaurants across the nation, including many in New Hampshire.

Restaurants in New Hampshire and elsewhere across the country had not been able to process loyalty products, gift cards or, in some cases, online orders, for well over a week because of a ransomware attack on NCR/Aloha, a point-of-sale provider.

In a release announcing the attack, Attorney General John Formella said affected...