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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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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
A ransomware outbreak that hit QuickBooks cloud hosting firm iNSYNQ in mid-July appears to have started with an email phishing attack that snared an employee working in sales for the company,...
Here's a story of super-sized digital blackmail aimed at one of the biggest cryptocoin exchanges out there.
Another database has fallen to extortion hackers, this time containing 2.1 million records belonging to Mexican bookseller, Librería Porrúa.
Europol Marks Three-Year Anniversary of Non-Profit Security InitiativeThree years since its launch, the No More Ransom portal has assisted 200,000 ransomware victims and stopped $108 million from...
Plus, Florida Man out of a job for paying off hackers Between the plentiful beverages and copious amounts of meat, pretty much everyone in the US is hung over from Independence Day in one form or...
As More Victims Pay, Experts Warn of Criminals Becoming Further EmboldenedBritain's biggest provider of forensic services, Eurofins, has paid a ransom to attackers who crypto-locked its systems...
A Florida city agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom to hackers who took over its computer system, the latest in thousands of attacks worldwide aimed at extorting money from governments and businesses....