Small Ontario towns pay ransom after hackers' hold computer systems hostage

Monday, September 17, 2018 - 14:50 in Mathematics & Economics

Town officials in Midland have paid off hackers who compromised the computer system for 48 hours. This comes after Wasaga Beach experienced the same problem in July and also paid the ransom to reclaim data.

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