05-12-2016 23:56 via abqjournal.com

Prosecutor’s office paid bitcoin ransom in cyberattack

PITTSBURGH — A state prosecutor’s office in Pennsylvania was among hundreds of thousands of victims of a now-shuttered international cybercrime operation, paying nearly $1,400 in a bitcoin ransom to free up its infected computer network, authorities disclosed Monday. Federal prosecutors said in court documents only that an unidentified state government entity had been victimized by […]
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