A ransomware attack hit the city of Lodi in California last spring. A few months later, the story played out again in Lake City, Fla. As ransomware attacks hit small cities, officials are confronting the same question: Pay the ransom or not? (via WBUR)
A few months after Lodi was attacked, the story played out again on the other side of the country. Athe 12,000-person municipality of Lake City, Florida. City manager Joe Helfenberger says business"came to a screeching halt.”
But for other municipalities, particularly cities with smaller budgets to draw from, the choice isn’t always cut and dry. Insurance covered much of the ransom payment, leaving Lake City on the hook for only the $10,000 deductible. In California, when attackers demanded about $400,000 from Lodi, the city’s administration made a different decision. They didn’t pay.
Without knowing the exact circumstances that Lake City faced, though, he says he can’t fault that city for paying the ransom.And he understands the bill that comes with this type of attack.
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