Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - June 2020

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Alabama City Hit with Ransomware -

On June 5, 2020, Florence, Alabama’s information technology systems were hit with ransomware by the DoppelPaymer group demanding a ransom payment of $378,000 in bitcoin. Mayor Steve Holt confirmed that the attack shut down the city’s email system, and that the city used an outside firm to negotiate the payment of a lower ransom of close to $300,000 to avoid the publishing of the information of citizens on the internet by the attackers.

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