Ransomeware Attack

It may have been the most arresting detail in a story full of them: Not only did Uber allow hackers to make off with the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers, but the ride-hailing company also had paid those same criminals $100,000 to delete the data and keep their mouths shut about the entire episode.

A sharp rise in ransomware attacks has driven companies to use kidnapping and ransom policies to cover damages

The ransomware that has affected systems in more than 150 countries recently, WannaCry, made headlines last week, but it doesn't seem to be more virulent or more expensive than other ransomware.

An Indian-origin doctor based in London had warned against the cyber-hack of the UK's state-run National Health Service (NHS) just days before it crippled the country's network.

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.

A cybersecurity researcher appears to have discovered a "kill switch" that can prevent the spread of the WannaCry ransomware -- for now -- that has caused the cyberattacks wreaking havoc globally, they told AFP Saturday.

A global cyber-attack leveraging hacking tools widely believed by researchers to have been developed by the US National Security Agency hit international shipper FedEx, disrupted Britain's health system and infected computers in nearly 100 countries on Friday.

It may have been the most arresting detail in a story full of them: Not only did Uber allow hackers to make off with the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers, but the ride-hailing company also had paid those same criminals $100,000 to delete the data and keep their mouths shut about the entire episode.

A sharp rise in ransomware attacks has driven companies to use kidnapping and ransom policies to cover damages

The ransomware that has affected systems in more than 150 countries recently, WannaCry, made headlines last week, but it doesn't seem to be more virulent or more expensive than other ransomware.

An Indian-origin doctor based in London had warned against the cyber-hack of the UK's state-run National Health Service (NHS) just days before it crippled the country's network.

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.

A cybersecurity researcher appears to have discovered a "kill switch" that can prevent the spread of the WannaCry ransomware -- for now -- that has caused the cyberattacks wreaking havoc globally, they told AFP Saturday.

A global cyber-attack leveraging hacking tools widely believed by researchers to have been developed by the US National Security Agency hit international shipper FedEx, disrupted Britain's health system and infected computers in nearly 100 countries on Friday.