Riviera City in Florida had its local government computers infected by a ransomware. City officials agreed to pay the ransom, to the tune of $600,000 just to recover the citys encrypted data. The amount is considered by the city officials as a lower cost solution, compared to the estimated $941,000 that the city needs to pay to rebuild the lost data from scratch. The only reliable method in order to fully recover from a ransomware infection without paying the ransom is to have a reliable and secure backup.”]
Source: https://hackercombat.com/riviera-city-in-florida-surrenders-to-ransomware/