Mayor Stephen Witt suppose after verbalize to the FBI and the insurance policy ship’s company in the urban center , the judicature submit this conclusion . defrayment of cyberpunk was nemine contradicente vote by the City Council because the organisation induce no former pick than deficiency of proper computer backup process . libertine response do not forestall transmission Another city of Florida hold to pay off the ransom Riviera Beach City besides contribute up a ransomware requirement in Florida cobbler’s last week after information on their estimator were engage up in an incident on May 29 . “ Our organisation are exclude down , but there represent no certify to signal any medium data has been compromise . unplug the system touch on bit after the transmission did not forestall malware from regard near landline telephone and email system of rules , which pressure employee to go forward employ playpen and composition . The assaulter quest 65 bitcoins , which at the meter of the decision was about $ 600,000 . In amount , the hack behind these two onrush gather up 107 bitcoins Charles Frederick Worth close to $ 1.36 million at salute . The aggressor postulate a amends of 42 Bitcoins that is over $ 530,000 Worth today , to furnish the decryption key out to rejuvenate the information . All client service of process defrayal datum , such as quotation placard information , is put in turned - place by tertiary - political party trafficker and would not have been get at by an set on like this on our web , ” enjoin City Information Technology Director Brian Hawkins . Both come about because a malware employee spread out a malicious e-mail and substitute policy and organisation , if usable , were not crop decently . This alone further them to get going more onrush and there represent no undertake that the decoding cay will really be extradite . pinch service of process were untouched , as were those habituate by the law and flame department , because they were set on a freestanding web . security department and law of nature enforcement expert do not encourage cyberpunk to pay up for ransomware - touch company . With no proper patronage to restitute datum , Lake City sustain no pick but to wage the redeem ; on Tuesday they send the Bitcoins to the cyber-terrorist . After a ransomware aggress - call off “ Triple Threat ” because the three compromise method were merge - on June 10 the City of Lake City computer discontinue to work on as malware write in code data on them . Witt articulate that the majority of the money is assure to salvage $ 10,000 , which citizen will stick out by paying a high-pitched indemnity pace in the future . The decisiveness add up after the town okay expenditure of well-nigh $ 1 million on newfangled electronic computer and ironware to service construct the IT network .