Security News > 2020 > June > Ransomware attack: Why a small business paid the $150,000 ransom
2020-06-08 15:43
The CFO of a small company that was the victim of a ransomware attack and reveals why they paid the ransom (in Bitcoin) to gain back control of their systems.
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