Pennsylvania county pays $350,000 cyberattack ransom

The local government in Washington County, Pennsylvania, said Thursday night that it had authorized a ransom payment of about $350,000 in response to a cyberattack in January. Gary Sweat, the county’s solicitor, explained the response to an incident that caused the government to shut down its servers on January 24 after a warning from the

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