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Florida’s Riviera Beach Authorities Set to Pay Hackers over $650,000 in Bitcoin
Riviera Beach, a tiny city of roughly 35,000 people located just north of West Palm Beach in Miami, Florida, has been crippled by a deadly ransomware attack and the leaders of the city have agreed to cough out a whopping 65 bitcoin (over $650,000 at press time) to regain their files, according to a New York Times report on June 19, 2019. Riviera Beach Fall Victim to Ransomware Attack Per sources close to the incident, these are hard times indeed for the government of Riviera Beach, as the city’s entire online operations including utility payments and email have been disrupted by a ransomware attack conducted by ... (full story)
