Lafayette officials announced Tuesday the city’s computer systems were hacked and they were forced to pay a ransom to regain access.
Lafayette officials said hackers disabled the city’s network services and blocked its access until the city paid a $45,000 fee, the Daily Camera reported. The attack caused city emails, phones, online payments and reservation systems to temporarily shut down. The city’s system servers and computers are still in the process of being cleaned and rebuilt...
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