Ransomware gang demands $5.3 million from New Bedford; city restores from backup instead

Ransomware gang demanded $5.3 million for decryption keys from city of New Bedford. Hackers infected 158 workstations in the city’s IT network with Ryuk, a prominent strain of ransomware. City officials made counter-offer of $400,000, which the citys insurer would have covered. But the gang refused, and communication between city officials and the hackers became severed. It isnt immediately clear if the city had backed up all the data encrypted by Ryuk.”]

Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/ransomware-gang-demands-5-3-million-from-new-bedford-city-restores-from-backup-instead/