A Florida city was hit by a ransomware attack that crippled its computer systems for three weeks. The city of Riviera Beach, Florida, voted this week to pay the attackers the requested ransom of $600,000. Security experts warn that paying the ransom in a ransom could end up causing more turmoil for victims and inspire other cybercriminals to launch ransomware attacks. The attack is the latest in a string of costly ransomware attacks targeting city governments in recent years. In 2018, several Atlanta city systems were crippled after a. ransomware attack extorted the municipality for $51,000; Baltimore dished out $18.2 million in restoration costs.
Source: https://threatpost.com/ransomware-florida-city-pays-600k-ransom/145869/