CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Latest on a cyberattack on North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County (all times local):5:30 p.m.A North Carolina county says hackers have tried new attacks on its computer systems after it refused to pay them a ransom for frozen data. Mecklenburg County manager Dina Diorio sent an email Thursday to county employees advising them that hackers were targeting the county primarily through fraudulent email attachments. Many county services remained disrupted as local officials in North Carolina work to restore computer systems after a cyberattack. Mecklenburg County officials say it will take days to restore the computer system. County manager Dena Diorio said late Wednesday that the county will not pay the $23,000 demanded by the hacker, who is believed to be foreign.

Source: National Post December 07, 2017 18:11 UTC