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IN: Madison County pays ransom on advice of insurer

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Dissent

Well, this is interesting: a media report says that a county’s insurer advised them to pay a ransomware demand. Ken de la Bastide reports:

On the advice of their insurance company Madison County officials are moving forward to pay the ransom demands by a unknown group that attacked the county’s computer system.

Madison County was hit by a ransomware attack over the weekend that prevented access to county records.

The malware attack has not affected the election where the voting registration records are maintained on a separate computer server.

 […]
The amount of the ransom is not being provided by the commissioners, but Travelers Insurance, the county’s insurance carrier, will reimburse a portion of the cost, less the county’s deductible.

 

 

Read more on the Washington Times Herald.

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