Hackers target police departments, municipalities: Hackers have launched a new round of cyberattacks and this time, they're targeting municipalities and police departments. ABC News reports one of the latest victims was the Tewksbury Police Department in Massachusetts. Hackers were able to gain access to the department's critical files and lock them... The department decided it was in its best interest to pay the ransom. Police departments in Illinois, Tennessee and New Hampshire have also fallen victim to the same hackers. | Maine police departments pay ransom to computer hackers | » Maine Police Pay Ransom to Hackers to Get Files Back 12/04/15 20:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
Hackers target police departments, municipalities Sunday April 12 th , 2015 at 8:09 PM 1 Share (WXYZ) - Hackers have launched a new round of cyberattacks and this time, they're targeting municipalities and police departments. ABC News reports one of the latest victims was the Tewksbury Police Department in Massachusetts. Hackers were able to gain access to the department's critical files and lock them. The department received a threatening message that said the files would be inaccessible unless the department paid the hackers $500. If the ransom was not paid, the files would be deleted. The department decided it was in its best interest to pay the ransom. Police departments in Illinois, Tennessee and New Hampshire have also fallen victim to the same hackers. In November 2014, Detroit mayor Mike Duggan revealed hackers had tried the same scam with Detroit earlier in the year. He said that a database was frozen and held for rans