The insurer for Joplin paid $320,00 to an unknown person after a ransomware attack shut down the city’s government’s computer system last month, Joplin City Manager Nick Edwards said Thursday.
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Joplin: City Computer Shutdown Was Ransomware Attack
The insurer for Joplin paid $320,00 to an unknown person after a ransomware attack shut down the city’s government’s computer system last month, Joplin City Manager Nick Edwards said Thursday. The post Joplin: City Computer Shutdown Was Ransomware Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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