OK, maybe you can’t say the two cities in Florida hit with ransomware a few weeks ago dodged a bullet, but at least they dodged the digital equivalent of a cruise missile … right? Riviera Beach and Lake City both paid the ransom. For Lake City, which lost access to its phone and email systems for a couple of weeks, it was 42 bitcoin, worth $573,300 according to one report and $460,000 according to another. Riviera Beach paid 65 bitcoin, worth $897,650, after three weeks of no access to its computer systems. Read more ……