Security News > 2022 > February > Data stolen from Nvidia, blueprints leak threatened

The crooks said unless Nvidia releases a software update that removes its recent crypto-coin mining limiter, they will leak what sounds like internal hardware documents - a hw folder, specifically.

NCC Group released figures indicating a huge jump in the use of ransomware, with America the top target at 53 per cent of monitored infections, and Europe at 30 per cent.

ID management house Venafi this week reported that 35 per cent of those that actually paid the ransom still couldn't get heir data back.

In cases of double attacks, when the public exposure of stolen data is threatened, 18 per cent of those who paid still had their information leaked, compared to 16 per cent who suffered a similar fate after refusing to pay the ransom.

Interestingly, the report noted that 32 per cent of attacks were employing so-called triple attacks, where the attackers use the purloined data to threaten suppliers and customers.

After going through two years of cyber-crime forum postings, the team at Crowdstrike noted that 55 per cent of ads were for US companies and individuals, and they topped the cost chart with an average value of $3,985 per system.

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