http://rt.com/usa/206663-detroit-bitcoin-ransom-database/
RT.com
November 19, 2014
Hackers seized a digital database from the city of Detroit earlier this
year and then demanded they receive a ransom in bitcoin, Mayor Mike Duggan
said this week, but the city balked and ultimately the hijackers were
unsuccessful with their request.
Duggan, who was elected last year to lead the Motor City after a
headline-making bankruptcy filing, explained at a conference on Monday
this week that hackers had asked for hundreds of thousands of dollars in
cryptocurrency after compromising a city database back in April. The
pilfered database wasn’t used or needed by the city, however, The Detroit
News reported, so the ransom was never paid.
Speaking at the North American International Cyber Summit, Duggan said the
incident from earlier this year made him realize that sensitive
information needs to be stored more securely.
“It was a good warning sign for us,” he told his audience at the
conference, Detroit News journalist Holly Foumier reported.
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