Cyberattacks force Louisiana to declare state of emergency – news – Suddenlink
As we reported in recent weeks, Florida has proven an especially lucrative target for these cybercriminals who hit a trio of cities there within days of each other. Two of those cities are known to have paid collectively more than $1 million to the hackers that hit them, while officials in the most recent (Lake City) approved a ransom payment of 42 Bitcoin, equal to about $460,000. Back in Louisiana, meanwhile, the state of emergency will reportedly remain in place for several more weeks — through August 21, or until the school districts have fully recovered their data and regained control of their networks.
