Security News > 2020 > October > The Week in Ransomware - October 16th 2020 - The weekend is upon us
This week we also learned that the ThunderX ransomware was part of Ako Ransomware, who renamed their operation Ranzy Locker.
City of Mt. Pleasant falls victim to remote ransomware attack The City of Mt. Pleasant has fallen victim to a ransomware attack, that is according to city officials.
The Egregor ransomware gang has hit game developer Crytek in a confirmed ransomware attack and leaked what they claim are files stolen from Ubisoft's network.
Fanduel, Draftkings Data Provider Stats Perform Hit By Ransomware Attack Sports data provider Stats Perform has been down for almost a week thanks to a ransomware hack, Legal Sports Report understands.
MaMoCrypt Ransomware Decryption Tool We're happy to announce the availability of a new decryptor for MaMoCrypt, a strain of ransomware that appeared in December last year.
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