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![Canadian Lab Pays Ransom to 'Retrieve' Data](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberattack-stats-small.jpg)
Hackers Exfiltrated Data on 15 Million LifeLabs ClientsA Canadian medical testing lab acknowledges that it paid a ransom to "retrieve" data stolen by hackers in an incident that apparently did not...
![Canadian Lab Test Provider Pays Ransom to Secure Hacked Data](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-breach-stats-small.jpg)
Lab test provider LifeLabs said Tuesday that it paid a ransom to secure data for Canadians that was stolen in a data breach in late October. read more
![Attackers Demand $14 Million Ransom From IT Services Firm](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-small.jpg)
Incident Could Have Ripple Effect on Virtual Care Provider's 110 Healthcare ClientsVirtual Care Provider Inc., which provides cloud hosting and other services to more than 110 healthcare entities,...
![What happens when your healthcare data is stolen or held for ransom? It depends](/static/build/img/news/alt/health-stats-small.jpg)
Hospitals are reluctant to disclose attacks, and regulations don't offer clear advice about what to tell patients.
![Ransomware: Average Ransom Payout Increases to $41,000](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-statistics-small.jpg)
Sodinokibi and Globelmposter Gangs Target Larger Victims, Coveware WarnsRansomware continues to be a highly profitable cybercrime. Ransomware incident response firm Coveware reports that for the...
![City of Johannesburg, on Second Hit, Refuses to Pay Ransom](/static/build/img/news/alt/malware-statistics-2-scaled-small.jpg)
A Shadow Kill Hackers attack that compromised the city’s network and shut down key services was the second ransom-related attack on the city in months.
![City of Joburg says it knows who ransom hack attacker is, refuses to pay off criminals](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberattack-stats-small.jpg)
Hayi wena! Jozi officials claim they'll have 80% of systems back online as deadline expires Several hours past the payment deadline, Johannesburg has vowed not to give in to criminal hackers who...
![City of Johannesburg Refuses to Pay Ransom to Hackers](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-breach-stats-small.jpg)
The South African city of Johannesburg says it will not pay the ransom demanded by hackers who recently breached its IT systems. read more
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![No Ransom Paid in Recent Attack, Texas Says](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberthreat-stats-small.jpg)
The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) says it is not aware of any ransom being paid to recover systems affected by a recent ransomware attack. read more