Editing American Radio Relay League (section)

=== 1965–present ===
In May, June, and July 2024, various ARRL online systems (including the Logbook of the World and its educational website) went unavailable.<ref>{{cite web |title=
ARRL Systems Service Disruption |url=https://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-systems-service-disruption |accessdate=2024-07-11 |date=2024-07-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fuellednetworks.com/was-the-arrl-hit-with-a-cyber-attack/ |title=ARRL Systems Down Due to Cyber Attack? Assessing the Impact on Amateur Radio Operations |date=22 May 2024 |accessdate=2024-07-11}}</ref> The organization didn't admit that the outage was caused by [[ransomware]] until it filed legally-mandated notifications of the data breach on July 11, more than two months after the breach started on May 3.<ref>{{cite web |title=ARRL finally confirms ransomware gang stole data in cyberattack |url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/arrl-finally-confirms-ransomware-gang-stole-data-in-cyberattack/ |first1=Sergiu |last1=Gatlan |date=2024-07-11 |accessdate=2024-07-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/bdd10bdd-4af6-4289-b4f0-08b468c0ce65.html |title=Data Breach Notifications |website=[[Maine]] Attourney General |accessdate=2024-07-11}}</ref>

In August 2024, the organization confirmed that it paid a million dollar ransom to resolve the malware attack.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/american-radio-relay-league-confirms-1-million-ransom-payment/ |title=American Radio Relay League confirms $1 million ransom payment |date=2024-08-23 |first1=Sergiu |last1=Gatlan |website=bleepingcomputer.com |accessdate=2024-08-25}}</ref>