Lansing utility paid ransom to cyber hackers

LANSING, MI (WLMI) — The Lansing Board of Water & Light confirmed on Tuesday it did pay a $25,000 ransom to unlock its internal communications systems this past spring to unlock its internal communications system following a cyber attack.

In all, the incident costs the utility about $2.4 million in recovery costs and upgrades in technology to prevent it from happening again.

Several BWL IT department employees have left the Lansing owned utility since the March attack. The cyber hackers demanded payment in bitcoin, a form of online payment often used by cyber criminals to extract payment from victims. For the full article click here 

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