Cyber Ransom Attack

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  Hacker Demands $8 Million Ransom After Cyber Attack On Indonesia's Data Centre

  A cyberattack on Indonesia's national data centre compromised hundreds of government offices and caused long delays at the capital's main airport, with the hacker demanding an $8 million ransom, officials said Monday.

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  Dutch University Gets Cyber Ransom Money Back, With Interest

  The Netherlands' Maastricht University fell victim to a massive ransomware attack in 2019, and has now partly received back its stolen money... which in the meantime more than doubled in value, a news report said on Saturday.

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  Hackers Shouldn’t Be Paid Ransoms, FBI Director Christopher Wray Pleads With Public Companies

  FBI Director Christopher Wray pleaded with public companies and other hacking victims to avoid paying ransom, saying he fears it will only embolden cyber criminals to ramp up future attacks.

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  US Recovers Over Half Of Ransom Paid To Pipeline Hackers

  The US Justice Department announced Monday that it had recovered more than half of the $4.4 million paid by Colonial Pipeline to Russia-based ransomware extortionists Darkside, who had forced the shutdown of a major fuel network.

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  India Saw Second Most Cyber Attacks in Asia in 2020: IBM Executive Sudeep Das on What Tech Companies Can Do

  The report reveals that the most active ransomware group reported in 2020 was Sodinokibi (also known as REvil), accounting for 22 percent of all ransomware incidents that X-Force observed. It is estimated that Sodinokibi stole approximately 21.6TB of data from its victims, that nearly two-thirds of Sodinokibi victims paid ransom, and approximately ...

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  Telangana, Andhra Pradesh Websites Hacked, 6 Bitcoins Demanded As Ransom

  Hackers, who attacked websites of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh state power utilities, have demanded six Bitcoins (nearly Rs 20 lakh) as ransom to give description key to restore the sites, police said today.

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  Paying Ransom Will Make You a Preferred Future Target for Hackers, Says McAfee

  "Meeting hackers' demands will not necessarily guarantee compliance from the hackers. In many cases, the likelihood of receiving decryption keys is almost nil."

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  Global Ransomware Attacks on the Rise, Says Europol

  "Ransomware has soared since 2012, with criminals lured by the promise of profit and ease of implementation," the European police agency said in a statement.

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  Petya Ransomware Is a Wiper, Researchers Claim, With the Aim to Damage

  Researchers have concluded that Tuesday's Petya malware was not a ransomware attack but a wiper meant to destroy data.

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  Companies Struggle To Recover After Massive Cyber Attack With Ransom Demands

  Firms are working to recover its operations a day after being hit by a cyber attack linked to malware called Petya. The powerful cyber attack also spread as far as India and the United States.

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  Few Ransomware Victims Are Paying Hackers Because Using Bitcoin Is Hard

  As of early Monday, only about $50,000 had been paid in ransoms, according to Elliptic Enterprises.

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  Unprecedented Cyber Attacks Wreak Global Havoc

  The hunt was on for the culprits behind the assault, which was being described as the biggest cyber ransom attack ever.

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  Ransomware Virus Also Strikes India, Systems Of Andhra Pradesh Police Hit

  An unprecedented global wave of cyberattacks, which affected over 45,000 computers in at least 74 countries since Friday evening, has also spread to India.

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  After Cyber Attack On Hospitals Across Britain, Reports Of Ransom

  Computer and phone systems in more than a dozen hospitals and doctor's offices across England suffered large-scale failures Friday in a suspected cyberattack.

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  Hospitals Across Britain Hit By Large Scale Cyber Attack

  British hospitals said they were forced to divert emergencies on Friday after a suspected national cyber attack.