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![Clinic Pays Ransom After Backups Encrypted in Attack](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberattack-statistics-1-small.jpg)
Situation Spotlights Tough Decisions Healthcare Entities Can Face After Ransomware StrikesA small Missouri clinic admits paying a ransom to unlock data after a ransomware attack in August...
![Cyber Ransom Group Hits Soft Targets: US Schools](/static/build/img/news/alt/Geopolitical-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)
FBI Pursues 'The Dark Overlord' as Group Escalates Extortion TacticsThe Dark Overlord, a hacking group that hijacks data from businesses and holds it for ransom, is now threatening school...
![HBO Offered Hackers $250,000 As Ransom to Prevent More Leaks (The Hackers News)](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberattack-statistics-1-small.jpg)
Hackers who recently hacked into HBO network and stole scripts, shows, and employee information documents, have now provided an email in which the United States cable channel offered them...
![HBO Hackers Demand Millions in Ransom Note (Security Week)](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)
Hackers claiming to have breached HBO were demanding millions of dollars in ransom payments from the television group, while threatening to release more files from what is claimed to be a massive...
![Game of Thrones (Season 7) Episode 5 Script Leaked — Hacker Demands Millions in Ransom (The Hackers News)](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-breach-stats-small.jpg)
The hacking group that recently hacked HBO has just dropped its third trove of documents, including a month emails of one of the company's executives, and a detailed script of the upcoming fifth...
![How Hackers Cash Out Millions of Bitcoins Received in Ransom (The Hackers News)](/static/build/img/news/alt/Phishing-small.jpg)
Digital currencies have emerged as a favourite tool for hackers and cyber criminals, as digital currency transactions are nearly anonymous, allowing cyber criminals to use it in underground...
![Don’t let cybercrime hold your innovation to ransom (Help Net Security)](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybersecurity-attacker-small.jpg)
When things break, our natural instinct is to look for someone to blame. Why? Because nothing happens by accident. It’s either done on purpose, a casualty of neglect or lack of preparation. Trust...
![SamSam Increases Ransom Demand to $33,000 (Security Week)](/static/build/img/news/alt/managed-security-small.jpg)
In newly observed attacks, the SamSam ransomware that has been active for more than a year is demanding a whopping $33,000 to decrypt all affected machines in a network. read more
![South Korean Hosting Firm Pays $1 Million Ransom (InfoRiskToday)](/static/build/img/news/alt/web-statistics-small.jpg)
Erebus Ransomware Gang Hits Pay Dirt After Encrypting Outdated Linux ServersSouth Korean web hosting firm Nayana has agreed to pay attackers a record-shattering $1 million to unlock 153 Linux...
![Most people would pay a ransom to get their data back (Help Net Security)](/static/build/img/news/alt/antivirus-stats-small.jpg)
The high-profile WannaCry attack was the first time that 57% of US consumers were exposed to how ransomware works, the results of a recent Carbon Black survey have revealed. On the one hand, this...