have these insurance companies saying oh just pay the ransom where i am not what happened in lake city florida or the city of lake city florida. i don't make the names not this or i just report them but so really in the summer they got hit with a ransom or attack for about 2 weeks they could. access a lot of their files are their systems than the mayor and the city council voted without any debate without anything to do what the insurance company said which was which was also was a subsidiary an underwriter of lloyd's of london. so they voted no debate which was just pay them the $42.00 bitcoins that the person is asking for what they didn't consider what they didn't mention a lot of their statements was that their id department was already looking at a way to recover those without paying. but they were like metal take too much so instead they paid $42.00 big ones which of the time was the equivalent of like $460000.10 thousands of tens of $1000.00 of that and they had to be paid by the city for the deductible of the insurance policy and one person lost their job. that is ridiculous to me and

baltimore city services attacked and lake city, florida, forced to pay out half a million dollars. 70% of ransomware attacks target small businesses the average demand, $116,000 but desperate to recover their data, some businesses have paid as much as $935,000 in ransom. the suspects, often overseas, nearly impossible to find. >> if you do pay and you don't do your forensics, you have idea what they have done to your system the boobie traps they have left, the side doors that they've opened to steal data >> reporter: here's what the experts advise keep your software up to date. back up your data to the cloud or a separate server, and remind everybody in your business, do not open suspicious emails or web links. kate >> good reminders. tom costello, thank you. coming up, the schools under fire for what critics are calling lunch shaming. >>> back now with a new jersey school district struggling with debt, facing scrutiny over a controversial policy that could mean students get no lunch if their family owes money. ron allen reports. >> reporter: tonight angry parents expected at a meeting

. >> atlanta, baltimore, more recently texas, florida, riviera beach had to give $600,000, lake cityefense, do you think they'll finally do that at some point? >> i think a good organization is a creative idea in 2018 and they are providing options to protect and secure data, not just for individuals but for states and local governments as well, so what they are doing is they are actually saying here are things you can do to secure their data, things that you can do if you're being attacked right now, 5 things that you can do to secure systems and those consist of backing up your data, keeping at least one copy offline, helping to educate and work with communities in order to increase tech literal and make sure security and patching is critical, maintaining patch management, that's what every organization needs to do no matter how big and how small. eric: it's happening all over the country, until next time, kara. >> thanks a lot. >> democrats gathering for a weekend together, which ones will gain traction on the campaign trail, we shall see. ♪ buckle up for some insurance themed fun

city. in the 60s across the great lakes. we have a friend stalled out over the central us that could bring showers and thunderstorms and look at our friends in florida. that looks like tropical moisture and it is coming from the south. we will watch a that the next couple days. a couple areas of disturbed weather in the tropics and monsoon season bringing showers and thunderstorms across the southwest. this is hawaii. a storm, it's name is eric moving south of the island but it will bring the potential for showers and thunderstorms and flossy out there could affect the big island over the next couple days. this is the system we are watching the next couple days, 70% chance of formation this weekend. it is hurricane season. justin more, can't wait to see you and it is ice cream sandwich day. rob: flossy would be a good popstar name. >> your mind you to floss your teeth today. >> 11 minutes after the hour, the president taking aim at democrats over their handling of america's inner-city's. >> no one has paid a highe price for the far left's destructive agenda than americans living in our nation's inner-city's. rob: caldwell from chicago says the presi

city. '60s across the great lakes. we have a stationary front that brings potential for showers an thunderstorms across the plain states. all the tropical moisture moving into floridad for justin moore, d.j.? >> , absolutely. janice: can i wear the hat? how do i look? brian: exactly like justin. steve: thanks to sandals for making it possible for the "all american concert series." we'll hear from our performer in two minutes. brian: we have what made america great, six new episodes on "fox nation," the netflix for conservatives. i'm excited about this one. we only shot it last week. i have not even seen it yet. i think you're going to like it, if you like "the star-spangled banner" and would like to know where it came from. this is all about fort mchenry. watch. >> when we look up every day here at fort mchenry they will lower the flag at the end. day and raise it for the beginning of the day. that has happened for over 200 years. >> it is so moving. it is a right all not only here with north mchenry but a ritual for the soul of the united states. being here feels like you were dropped in a time bucket here at the country in 1814, 1815. it happens as you look at th