To protect data, the US police department surrendered to hackers and paid a Bitcoin ransom (from Coinsradar.net)

The police actually "surrendered" to the criminals! According to the British Daily Mail, the Tewksbury Police Department in Massachusetts, USA, was recently attacked by hackers, causing the computer to be unable to log in. In order to prevent the loss of important data, the police department finally paid a 500 Bitcoin "ransom" as required by the hackers.

According to reports, hackers used a virus software spread by email to infect several computers in the police department, causing important documents in these computers, such as arrest logs and car records, to be stolen and encrypted by hackers and unable to log in normally.

After being forced to pay the ransom, Tewksbury Police Chief Timothy Sheahan said: "No one wants to compromise with terrorists. We just did what we should do-pay the Bitcoin ransom." It is reported that the Tewksbury Police Department is not the only hacker victim in the United States.

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