Critical infrastructure appears to be targeted in latest ransomware attack, diminishing the hopes of governments to curb such attacks.
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Accenture Faces $50 Million Ransom Demand
Accenture did not respond to the first demand window of four hours. Regardless, whatever advice the company is giving should be the advice it takes or it will have an ever bigger potential PR problem.
IOTW: Contractor Allegedly Responsible for Aramco $50 million Ransom
Saudi Aramco’s data is particularly concerning because in addition to the employee data, reports, products specs, invoices and other sensitive company information that was stolen, also for sale is a m…
No More Ransom Saves Victims Nearly €1 billion Over 5 Years
No More Ransom is collecting decryptors so ransomware victims don’t have to pay to get their data back and attackers don’t get rich.
FBI Claws Back Millions of DarkSide’s Ransom Profits
The tables have been turned, the FBI & DOJ said after announcing the use of blockchain technology to track down the contents of DarkSide’s cryptocurrency wallet.
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IOTW: A Pennsylvania County Pays Ransomware Ransom Covered Under Insurance Plan
Paying cyber security insurance is a double-edged sword. A March 11 report released by Deloitte uncovered that, “For every dollar in premiums collected from policyholders, insurers paid out roughly 35…