{"id":55675,"date":"2016-12-21T18:27:25","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T18:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=55675"},"modified":"2016-12-21T18:27:25","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T18:27:25","slug":"ransomware-holds-police-hostage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/ransomware-holds-police-hostage\/","title":{"rendered":"Ransomware Holds South Carolina Police Department Files Hostage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Pleasant Police Department, located in South Carolina, were the most recent victims of a ransomware attack.\u00a0 The infection took place on December 12, 2016.\u00a0 According to Post and Courier, the law enforcement agency was able to restore their files using their backup systems.\u00a0 Therefore, they did not end up paying the ransom demands.<\/p>\n<p>To see a full list of ransomware attacks that have taken place, you can click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/06\/53032-ransomware-attacks-of-2016\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 We have also created a ransomware map, see below, of the ransomware attacks that have taken place in the U.S. this year.<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1UE6Nko9iRG1tLci_AeqqsxzxGzs\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Pleasant Police Department, located in South Carolina, were the most recent victims of a ransomware attack.\u00a0 The infection took place on December 12, 2016.\u00a0 According to Post and Courier, the law enforcement agency was able to restore their files using their backup systems.\u00a0 Therefore, they did not end up paying the ransom demands. 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