Multinational firm paid ransom in bitcoins to hackers who broke into systems

The Brisbane-based company paid a ransom to the hackers but contacted police after it was attacked again and an executive’s child targeted onlineHackers extorted an international company based in Brisbane for a ransom paid out in bitcoin but then escalated their demands by threatening online attacks on a senior employee’s child, Queensland police have said.The company, which police refused to identify, paid the hackers an initial ransom worth thousands of dollars after its computer system wa