AT&T Pays $370,000 Ransom to Prevent Stolen Data Leak / SunsetHost / By Don Lichterman YEKATERINBURG, RUSSIA – JUNE 28, 2017: A message demanding money on a computer hacked by a virus known as Petya. The Petya ransomware cyber attack hit computers of Russian and Ukrainian companies on June 27, 2017. Donat Sorokin/TASS (Photo by Donat SorokinTASS via Getty Images) AT&T Pays $370,000 Ransom to Prevent Stolen Data Leak Source: AT&T Pays $370,000 Ransom to Prevent Stolen Data Leak