This city reportedly paid over Rs 4 crore as ransom to hackers

San Francisco: A small city in Florida authorised its insurer to pay nearly $600,000 as ransom to hackers who paralysed the computer system, sending all operations offline, the media reported.
The Riviera Beach City Council authorised the city insurer to pay 65 bitcoins, a cryptocurrency valued at approximately $592,000, The Palm Beach Post reported on Wednesday.
“An additional $25,000 would come out of the city budget, to cover its policy deductible,” said the report.
The attack began after someone in the police department opened an infected email on May 29, according to officials.