Technology - International News - Second US town pays up to ransomware hackers.

PositionLake City, Florida - Brief article

A town in Florida has paid $500,000 (APS394,000) to hackers after a ransomware attack. The total paid by Florida municipalities over ransomware in the last two weeks now stands at $1.1m. Officials in Lake City voted to pay hackers in Bitcoin after suffering downed computer systems for two weeks. Coastal...

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