At a budget hearing last year, Scott reminded information technology officials that Baltimore’s 911 dispatch system had been recently been hacked and shut down for a weekend. “I don't think the city spends enough money to make ourselves safe from cyberattacks,” he said at the time. Gayle Guilford, an information technology official, responded, saying, “We have made some progress, but not enough. We continue to beg and plead. I need some help, and I need some money.”