Riviera Beach Pays Nearly $600K to Recover Data after Ransomware Attack

Riviera Beach paid bad actors approximately $600,000 in ransom to recover its information after it fell victim to a ransomware attack. On 17 June, the board of the Palm Beach County municipality voted unanimously to authorize that the city insurer pay 65 bitcoins (worth approximately $602,000 at the time of this writing) to those responsible […]… Read More

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