CYBER SECURITY - Ransomware

"Why ransomware attacks target local governments like Atlanta" PBS NewsHour 3/30/2018

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SUMMARY:  Nine days ago, a cyberattack brought Atlanta [Georgia] to a virtual standstill.  Now the city says it is slowly making progress restoring its computer network.  Officials have not said whether they paid a $51,000 ransom to a group known as SamSam, which is thought to be behind the hack.  Hari Sreenivasan learns more from Allan Liska of the security firm Recorded Future.