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Baltimore Held Hostage in 2nd Ransomware Attack

2019-05-10 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld

Baltimore officials have admitted that the city government once again has been victimized by ransomware -- the second such attack in just over a year. City computers reportedly were infected with the RobinHood ransomware virus. Hackers told city officials that they would unlock the computers in return for payment of three bitcoins per system, or 13 Bitcoins for the entire system.

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