Ransomware is the IRS of Bitcoin
Ransomware is to bitcoin as the Internal Revenue Service is to the dollar. Just as the taxman forces you to use dollars to pay your taxes,…
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White House Sees Electric Grid as Blueprint for Post-Colonial Pipeline Cyber Push
Electric utilities serving about 56 million U.S. customers have either installed tools to better spot cyberattacks or have pledged to do so, a White…
Political Summits Signal International Focus on Ransomware
The attention of world leaders to ransomware in a series of high-level meetings highlights how quickly destructive cyberattacks have climbed the political…
Puerto Rico’s Power Distributor Suffered a Cyberattack Hours Before a Devastating Fire
Puerto Rico’s main power provider suffered a cyberattack shortly before a fire at a substation in San Juan Thursday caused blackouts for hundreds of…
How the FBI Got Colonial Pipeline’s Ransom Money Back
After Colonial Pipeline Co. on May 8 paid roughly $4.4 million in cryptocurrency to hackers holding its computer systems hostage, the Federal Bureau of…
U.S. Retrieves Millions in Ransom Paid to Colonial Pipeline Hackers
WASHINGTON—U.S. authorities have recovered millions of dollars in digital currency paid to the hackers who hit a major East Coast fuel pipeline…
Ransomware Attacks to Get Similar Priority as Terrorism in US, Official Says
The US Department of Justice is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack…