Alabama City to Pay $300,000 Ransom in Computer System Hack

A city in northern Alabama will pay a ransom worth $300,000 in Bitcoins in response to a hack of its computer system.

Florence City Council voted unanimously at an emergency meeting Wednesday evening to make the payment from the city’s insurance fund in an effort to preserve information tied to its city workers and customers, news outlets reported.

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