A city in Colorado, USA, has been forced to pay $45,000 after the City’s devices were encrypted in July. The City of Lafayette suffered a ransomware attack that impacted their phone services, email systems, and online payment reservation systems. Financial data was recoverable from backups, but the City decided to pay a $45k ransom to an unknown ransomware operation to receive a decryption tool to recover other encrypted files. To be safe, they advise residents and employees to monitor their accounts for suspicious activity.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/colorado-city-forced-to-pay-45-000-ransom-to-decrypt-files/