FBI Gets Involved After Cryptocurrency Ransomware Attack Paralyzes Baltimore City

in #ransomware5 years ago

The City of Baltimore was hit with ransomware.

Earlier in the week, the city's computers were locked up. The demand was placed at 3 bitcoin per computer. The total to unlock the entire system was $86,000.

The hackers said not to notify the authorities. The entire system was taken down and scrubbed clean. Unfortunately, the ransonware persists.

Now we see the FBI involved.

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