A prominent law firm, located in Providence, Rhode Island, was hit with ransomware three months ago. \u00a0Their systems are back to normal after the attack hit, but not until after they paid the cyber criminal thousands.<\/p>\n
The law firm was hit with an unknown ransomware variant months ago. \u00a0The firm agreed to pay the $25,000 ransom demand; however, upon doing so, the decryption key did not work. \u00a0They decided to reach out to the cyber criminal again. \u00a0After renegotiating an unknown amount, they obtained additional instructions to unlock their data. \u00a0It is believed these additional measures did unlock the files.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, the law firm is now in a legal battle with their cyber security insurance provider<\/a>, Sentinel Insurance Company. \u00a0The law firm is alleging the insurance company is not providing compensation for the cyber attack.<\/p>\n To see a full list of ransomware attacks that have taken place in 2017, you can click here<\/a>. We have also created a ransomware map, see below, of the ransomware attacks that have taken place in the U.S.Other Ransomware Attacks<\/h4>\n
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