Georgia County hit by Ransomware, Shells out $400,000 to hackers to get a decryption key and re-gain access of their hijacked data. The FBI was notified by the Jackson County officers and they employed a cyber-security advisor. The county would have spent more rebuilding its network than paying the hackers. County officials have not yet confirmed how their network was breached by the hackers. The countys network was Ryunk as identified by Kevin Poe, which is a well-known ransomware strain that is currently undecryptable.”]
Source: https://hackercombat.com/georgia-county-hit-by-ransomware-shells-out-400000/