(TEWKSBURY, MA) APRIL 7 – A MASSACHUSETTS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PAYING HACKERS 500-DOLLARS IN BITCOIN RANSOM TO UNLOCK CYBER-JACKED ARREST AND INCIDENT RECORDS….AND THEY’RE NOT THE FIRST…
FOX NEWS RADIO’S BILL MARCUS REPORTS FROM TEWKSBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.
COPS IN TENNESSEE AND ILLINOIS THAT WERE HACKED ALSO PAID…BUT A CHIEF IN ALABAMA SAYING HE WOULDN’T SUCCUMB TO TERRORISTS GOT HIS FILES BACK UNHARMED. EXPERTS SAY 41-PERCENT OF THE QUARTER MILLION POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT WERE AFFECTED PAID UP. SOME 650-THOUSAND PUBLIC ENTITIES HAVE BEEN HIT WORLD WIDE.