Cops in a rural Maine town downloaded “ransomware” and were forced to pay the ransom. Someone in a small police force in the state of Maine clicked a link and downloaded a virus that encrypted all of their files late last week. After consulting with their IT support company, they were forced to pay $300 in bitcoin to recover the encrypted files.

This event has brought numerous security issues to the surface. The small police force was using a local company to host all of their personal files which obviously were not backed up or protected properly. This forced the police to do something that they are supposed to protect you again, paying a ransom.

This story first appeared on Miznews.