City of Stratford

The city of Stratford suffered a ransomware incident which forced it to pay an attacker more than $75,000 worth of Bitcoin in exchange for decryption keys to unlock its information systems.

The attacker installed malware on six physical servers and two virtual ones and disrupted its normal business operations.

Thus the city had to pay the attacker 10 Bitcoin — a digital form of currency — which was then valued at $7,509.13 each.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/stratford-cyberattack-costs-75k-in-bitcoin-1.5290568

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

"id": "cit213871122",
"linkid": "city-of-stratford",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "09/2019",
"severity": "75",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Stratford',
                        'name': 'City of Stratford',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Malware',
 'description': 'The city of Stratford suffered a ransomware incident which '
                'forced it to pay an attacker more than $75,000 worth of '
                'Bitcoin in exchange for decryption keys to unlock its '
                'information systems.',
 'impact': {'downtime': 'Disrupted normal business operations',
            'financial_loss': ['$75,000 worth of Bitcoin'],
            'systems_affected': ['Six physical servers',
                                 'Two virtual servers']},
 'motivation': 'Financial',
 'ransomware': {'ransom_demanded': '10 Bitcoin', 'ransom_paid': '10 Bitcoin'},
 'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Stratford City',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}