Town avoids paying $5 million ransom in cyberattack

Synopsis

In July 2019, the city was assaulted on the fourth of July! Fortunately, only 4% of government computers were online during the holiday. The hackers demanded a ransom of $5,300,000. Instead, the city proposed a payment of $400,000 in insurance funds....

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  • City of New Bedford

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