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Canadian town forced to pay Bitcoin after nasty ransomware attack

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By [Uzair Amir](<https://www.hackread.com/author/uzair/>) The town of Midland, Ontario, Canada, has decided to pay cybercriminals after its servers were targeted and infected with a nasty ransomware on Saturday, September 1, at approximately 2 a.m. The total amount of ransom payment has not been disclosed but the demand from cybercriminals was that they must be paid in Bitcoin if the town wants […] This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: [Canadian town forced to pay Bitcoin after nasty ransomware attack](<https://www.hackread.com/canadian-town-forced-to-pay-bitcoin-after-nasty-ransomware-attack/>)