Lake City, Florida, has fired IT manager Brian Hawkins after ransomware disabled its phone and email systems. The city opted to pay the attackers about $530,000, or 42 bitcoins, to restore access to systems and data. Another Florida city, Riviera Beach, opted to authorize its insurance company to pay $600,000 in bitcoin to resolve its woes after a ransomware attack that struck on June 5. Key Biscayne, a barrier island just off Miami, was hit by some sort of security incident last week.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/more-us-cities-battered-by-ransomware-a-12710