Article 4JB2C Florida City Fires IT Employee After Paying $460,000 Bitcoin Ransom to Hackers

Florida City Fires IT Employee After Paying $460,000 Bitcoin Ransom to Hackers

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Tom McKay
from Gizmodo on (#4JB2C)
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Lake City, Florida paid out a bitcoin ransom worth $460,000 to hackers who disabled the city's computer systems with sophisticated ransomware last month, hot on the heels of a $600,000 ransom paid out in similar circumstances by Riviera Beach, Florida just weeks later. Now, as flagged from local media reports by ZDnet"

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