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Officials: Ransom demanded in Licking County technology hack

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Dissent

Officials in Licking County tell 10TV that ransom was demanded for an IT hack that impacted the county’s phone and computer systems.

A computer virus shut down more than a thousand computers inside the Licking county government center late Tuesday.

A county commissioner says that the virus demanded a payment in Bitcoin for the county to regain control of their systems. Officials declined to specify the amount of money that was requested.

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1 thought on “Officials: Ransom demanded in Licking County technology hack”

  1. Branko Sarcanin says:
    February 2, 2017 at 11:46 pm

    Nothing new, becouse business and Telcom are not prepare for cha Lange, becouse integrator do not have IDM solution for cloud ip base environment

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