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No ransoms paid in cyberattacks on UMMC and IHL, officials say

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No ransoms were paid to hackers during the cyberattacks that hit the University of Mississippi Medical Center or Institutes of Higher Learning this year, officials confirmed to Mississippi Today. “No state taxpayer dollars were used” to pay the perpetrators of either attack, said Sen.

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    No ransoms were paid to hackers during the cyberattacks that hit the University of Mississippi Medical Center or Institutes of Higher Learning this year, officials confirmed to Mississippi Today. “No state taxpayer dollars were used” to pay the perpetrators of either attack, said Sen.

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