In Atlanta, where officials said the ransom demand amounted to about $51,000, the group left parts of the city’s network tied in knots. The SamSam group has been one of the more successful ransomware rings, experts said. Investigators are not certain who the SamSam hackers are. Judging from the poor English in the group’s ransom notes, security researchers believe they are probably not native English speakers. The Colorado Department of Transportation was able to restore its systems on its own after a SamSam attack, without paying SamSam a dime.

Source: New York Times March 27, 2018 23:48 UTC