Hit by Ransomware Attack, Florida City Agrees to Pay Hackers $600k

Re:Hit by Ransomware Attack, Florida City Agrees to Pay Hack... by tjpnz on Thursday June 20, 2019 @07:06AM (#20231604)

So the US is willing to pay ransoms - just not for people.

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Re:Hit by Ransomware Attack, Florida City Agrees to Pay Hack... by mulmen on Thursday June 20, 2019 @07:09AM (#20231618)

> So the US is willing to pay ransoms - just not for people

A city government in Florida is not the US federal government.

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Re:Hit by Ransomware Attack, Florida City Agrees to Pay Hack... by PlasticTank on Thursday June 20, 2019 @07:21AM (#20231681)

Well now the various groups beheading people on YouTube know where to ask.

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Re:Hit by Ransomware Attack, Florida City Agrees to Pay Hack... by vonmoltke on Thursday June 20, 2019 @09:38AM (#20232776)

Those people care about creating a spectacle, not getting paid.

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Re:Hit by Ransomware Attack, Florida City Agrees to Pay Hack... by OrgNet on Thursday June 20, 2019 @09:57AM (#20232963)

for people's data?

It would probably be cheaper to resolve citizen's issues directly for all missing data not present in the backup (even if it's not, that was a crazy decision made by the city council)

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