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$1,200 demand... really?
Cyber Criminals Hit Towns Across the U.S.
Ransom Requests
Cyber Criminals Hit Towns Across the U.S.
Ransom Requests
- Atlanta: March 2018. Ransom demanded: $51,000 (not paid)
- Leeds, Ala.: Feb. 2018. Ransom demanded: $12,000 (paid $8,000)
- Montgomery County, Ala.: Sept. 2017. Ransom demanded: $33,000 (paid in full)
- Rockport, Maine: April 2018. Ransom demanded: $1,200 (not paid)
- St. Louis Public Library: Jan. 2017. Ransom demanded: $25,000 (not paid)
- Licking County, Ohio: Early 2017. Ransom demanded: $50,000 (not paid)
- Spring Hill, Tenn.: Late 2017. Ransom demanded: $250,000 (not paid)
- Dawson County, Ga.: April 2018. Ransom demanded: $98,000 (not paid)
- (NOTE: Ransom demands were generally made in bitcoin, and some dollar amounts represent calculations that jurisdictions made to approximate the demand in dollars.)
