A law firm in Charlotte, North Carolina, admitted that they have been the victims of an attack with the ransomware called CryptoLocker.
In accordance with WSOCTV, the attackers managed to infect one of its servers companys when they were sent a fake notification that had the malware attached to it.
When the law firm's technicians were unable to recover the archives, and agreed to pay $300 to regain access. Company representatives said they have lost access to thousands of legal documents, but no confidential information was lost. (What can they say anyway)
Of course, experts recommend not paying any amount of money, but many Companies, ιδίως τις μικρές businesses, often succumbing to his blackmail CryptoLocker. A US police department has admitted that it has paid 750 dollars to retrieve its records.
