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Florida Town Pays $600,000 Virus Ransom
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Florida Town Pays $600,000 Virus Ransom

A town in Florida, which was recently targeted in a ransomware attack, has decided to pay the $600,000 ransom.  Municipal computers for Riviera Beach, a suburb of Palm Beach, were rendered unusable by the ransomware attack. The virus disabled email, hit emergency response systems and forced staff to use paper based admin systems. The local…

Desperate Housewives Star Pleads Guilty
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Desperate Housewives Star Pleads Guilty

Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman has pleaded guilty to fraudulently conspiring to win a college place for her daughter. In a Boston Court the US actress has admitted to paying $15,000 to have her daughter’s exam answers secretly “corrected” in 2017. (By corrected I mean marker very generously). Last month she admitted “full guilt” as…

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