Some experts say paying the ransom to free the data was a bad idea. A San Bernardino County spokesman said the decision ‘was the subject of careful consideration.’
San Bernardino County acknowledged this week that it has paid a $1.1 million ransom to a hacker who uploaded malware to the Sheriff’s Department’s computer system.
For weeks, the county said little publicly about the hack, other than to call it a “network disruption.” Sheriff Shannon Dicus said Wednesday that the cyberattack did not compromise public safety but workarounds were required for certain tasks. For instance, he said, deputies could not access the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, which can tell deputies when a person is wanted for crimes elsewhere in the country. So deputies would request other agencies check the CLETS records.
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