Security News > 2020 > February > Ransomware wipes evidence, lets suspected drug dealers walk free
2020-02-28 12:04
Six alleged drug criminals will go free thanks to a ransomware attack on a small Florida city, it was revealed this month.
It suffered an attack involving the Ryuk ransomware in April 2019 that took city servers offline.
While reports said that city emergency services, including 911 calls, were unaffected, things were a little different behind the scenes.
The City refused to pay the $300,000 bitcoin ransom, and instead kept servers disconnected while it rebuilt its servers.
At the time, city manager David Dyess said that the city's data backups saved it from having to negotiate.