Atlanta pays $ 2.6M to the contractor: - "$ 50K bitcoin to fix hack instead of Ransom"

These lesions have spent $ 2.6 million on emergency contracts to recover disabled systems with these malware infections. These cities would also have paid the ransom. At the end of March, after the city's computer network was infected with the adverse effect, Atlanta was expelled to pay $ 50,000 in bitcoin.

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Atlanta's Procurement Department has awarded eight emergency purchase contracts between March 22 and April 2. These cities have spent money on everything from Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure Repair. It has been revealed to investigate a total of $ 2,667,328 with Wired. This is $ 50,000 on public communication from powerhouse Edelman to crisis communication. The consultant is $ 600,000 for an incident response to consult with the elder Ernst and Young.