The town government of Medfield, Mass., paid a ransom demand of half a bitcoin to a cybercrime gang after it successfully infected a town server with ransomware. Lincolnshire County Council in England declined to pay demanded ransoms. The town is also reportedly now backing up all of its files and seeking guidance on better overall information security practices. As the FBI warned in June 2015, more than $18 million in fraud in the U.S. had experienced just one single CryptoWall ransomware gang in just 12 months.”]
Source: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/town-faces-ransomware-infection-blinks-p-2055