LaPorte County to pay ransom after computer servers hacked
Published: Jul. 12, 2019 at 9:43 PM EDT
The bad guys apparently won in La Porte County.
Last Saturday, the county's computer servers were attacked by hackers who unleashed a virus.
Undoing the damage will cost more than $132,000, or 10.5 bitcoin. The county decided to pay a ransom after the FBI determined its "keys" could not unlock the data.
The county's insurance agent will cover $100,000 of the ransom.
There is no evidence that any personal information was compromised.
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