City of Florence, Alabama

The personal information on city employees and customers of the city of Florence was compromised in a ransomware attack on its computer network system.

It paid hackers around $300,000 in bitcoin to make sure the data is not leaked anywhere.

Source: https://www.waff.com/2020/06/11/city-florence-out-nearly-after-ransomware-hack//

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/city-of-florence-alabama

"id": "cit12359222",
"linkid": "city-of-florence-alabama",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "06/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Florence',
                        'name': 'City of Florence',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personal information'},
 'description': 'The personal information on city employees and customers of '
                'the city of Florence was compromised in a ransomware attack '
                'on its computer network system. It paid hackers around '
                '$300,000 in bitcoin to make sure the data is not leaked '
                'anywhere.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Personal information of city employees and '
                                'customers',
            'financial_loss': '$300,000',
            'systems_affected': 'Computer network system'},
 'motivation': 'Financial',
 'ransomware': {'ransom_demanded': '$300,000', 'ransom_paid': '$300,000'},
 'title': 'Ransomware Attack on City of Florence',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}