City computer shutdown was ransomware attack | #malware | #ransomware | #education | #technology | #infosec

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — The insurer for Joplin paid $320,00 to an unknown person after a ransomware attack shut down the city’s government’s computer system last month, Joplin City Manager Nick Edwards said Thursday. The money was paid to keep any sensitive information accessed by the attack from being exposed,…