Florence City to Pay $300,000 as Ransom After their System was Infected with Ransomware

From gbhackers.com

Florence City

In late May, threat actors infiltrated information technology systems of Florence City in Alabama and infected with ransomware. The city’s IT department along with outside agency is working to investigate the attack.

KrebsOnSecurity alerted by several City of Florence officials that they had been hit with ransomware operators and they are demanding $300,000 ransom worth of bitcoin.

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