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Email virus wipes Tiverton Council files

A Mid Devon council's warning people to think before they click.

Tiverton Town Council's files are encrypted after their clerk opened an attachment in an email that claimed to be from a delivery firm, but was in fact a virus.

They have now been asked for £3,000 to repair the files. 

The council aren't paying and are warning people to be careful about opening attachments. 

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