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Learning & News => News related to Crypto => Topic started by: Goodcat49 on March 26, 2018, 09:00:34 PM

Title: Hackers Have Attacked Atlanta's Government Computers to Demand Bitcoin Ransom
Post by: Goodcat49 on March 26, 2018, 09:00:34 PM

The computer system of the City of Atlanta government has been hacked, affecting payment tools and some court data. Perpetrators are asking for a ransom in Bitcoin, $51,000 worth to unlock information. Such an incident with Atlanta is the third in the last four months in the Southern region.

Chief Operating Officer Richard Cox confirmed at the official press conference the fact that the authority had received a note with instructions to pay a ransom in Bitcoin. However, he did not reveal any additional information concerning the hack launching or specific details of the note.

Read the details in the article of Coinidol dot com, the world blockchain news outlet: https://coinidol.com/hackers-attacked-atlanta-government/

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Title: Re: Hackers Have Attacked Atlanta's Government Computers to Demand Bitcoin Ransom
Post by: benres on March 28, 2018, 03:53:25 PM

Companies really need to secure their data as much as they can to prevent hacking. I guess computer security skills and professionals are really in demand now that many have already been hacked even facebook needs the best skilled anti-hacking professionals.