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The Week in Ransomware - February 26th 2021 -  Back from the Holidays
2021-02-26 23:44

The number of attacks had slowed down after the winter holidays, but after the past two weeks, it's evident that the ransomware attacks are back at full speed.

Canadian Discount Car and Truck Rentals has been hit with a DarkSide ransomware attack where the hackers claim to have stolen 120GB of data.

Kia Motors America has suffered a ransomware attack by the DoppelPaymer gang, demanding $20 million for a decryptor and not to leak stolen data.

February 18th 2021 US cities disclose data breaches after vendor's ransomware attack.

Business jet maker Bombardier is the latest company to suffer a data breach by the Clop ransomware gang after attackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability to steal company data.

February 25th 2021 Dutch Research Council confirms ransomware attack, data leak.


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