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This company paid a ransom demand. Hackers leaked its data anyway
Image: Getty/5m3photosA victim of a ransomware attack paid to restore access to their network – but the cyber criminals didn't hold up their end of the…
Before paying a ransom, hacked companies should consider their ethics and values
Ransomware attacks are increasing in frequency. Credit: Shutterstock…
Dutch University Gets Cyber Ransom Money Back, With Interest
A Dutch university that fell victim to a massive ransomware attack has partly received back its stolen money... which in the meantime more than doubled in…
FBI warning: This gang steals data for ransom, then makes harassing phone calls to pile on the…
A cyber criminal gang is stealing sensitive data from businesses and demanding a ransom payment in exchange for deleting the stolen information – and…
Elasticsearch databases are being hit hard by ransom attacks
Hundreds of misconfigured Elascticsearch databases were recently hit by ransom attacks (opens in new tab), security experts have found. Cybersecurity…
Hacker attempts to ransom Verizon employee database for $250,000
Last week, Motherboard reported that a hacker had acquired a database full of private data about Verizon employees. The database included full names,…
A Verizon employee database was stolen by a hacker, now held for ransom
Verizon is dealing with an incident where a hacker captured a database containing company employee data, including the full names of workers as well as…