HACKERS EXTORT ATLANTA, GIVES OFFICIALS 24 HOURS TO PAY MILLION DOLLAR RANSOM…OR ELSE
ATLANTA — Hackers extort Atlanta. They gave officials a 24 hour deadline…or else. Fulton County said it has been given a new deadline to pay off the group accused of hacking the county’s systems with ransomware.
Last week, The National Crime Agency said that LockBit services “have been disrupted as a result of international law enforcement action.”
LockBit claimed responsibility for the hack that brought down most of Fulton County’s services, posting what seemed to be personal information on their dark website.
The group has given Fulton County a deadline of 8:30 a.m. Thursday morning to pay the ransom of it will release personal information on the dark web.
Despite last week’s moves by the National Crime Agency, Fulton County now says that the group has “re-established a site on the dark web and have once again listed Fulton County as one of their victims, with a renewed threat to release purportedly stolen data. Subscribe. Share. StayTuned. The Revolution will not be televised 2raw4tv.tv
