Atlanta spends more than $2 million to recover from ransomware attack April 26, 2018 by Vince Kelly Leave a Comment Atlanta spends more than $2 million to recover from ransomware attack https://finance.yahoo.com/news/atlanta-spends-more-2-million-202000413.html . the attackers ‘only’ asked for $51K but the city of Atlanta ended up shelling out $2.7M for what ultimately became an unmitigated disaster and cautionary tale about crisis management and the importance of taking basic steps to protect systems.
Atlanta spends more than $2 million to recover from ransomware attack
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/atlanta-spends-more-2-million-202000413.html
. the attackers ‘only’ asked for $51K but the city of Atlanta ended up shelling out $2.7M for what ultimately became an unmitigated disaster and cautionary tale about crisis management and the importance of taking basic steps to protect systems.