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BleepingComputer claims to have evidence the ransomware gang DoppelPaymer is demanding 404 BTC from the car firm. origin »
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Iranian cybercriminals are demanding Bitcoin ransoms from Israeli companies
2020-11-12 17:39 | |
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The past couple of days have not been smooth sailing for Argentina’s immigration agency after a cybersecurity breach. Hackers who paralyzed Argentina’s borders in a ransomware attack are demanding to be paid $4 million worth of bitcoin before they can decrypt the files.
2020-9-8 00:06 | |
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Ransomware attacks are increasingly becoming the norm as the world struggles with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-8-9 10:00 | |
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Telecom Argentina S. A has been hit by a ransomware attack and the cyber-criminals are demanding $7. 5 million paid in the privacy coin monero. The Spanish language site, elperiodista. com quotes anonymous employees stating that the attack started last Wednesday.
2020-7-21 10:45 | |
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Following a successful hack on top Twitter personalities’ accounts, Argentina’s largest telecommunications company, Telecom S. A. , becomes the latest corporation to be hacked. As per reports, Telecom has suffered a ransomware attack with the hackers demanding $7.
2020-7-20 15:23 | |
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The digital forensics firm Crypsis Group recently released a report on ransomware attacks and how the demand for ransom amounts has grown significantly by 200% from 2018 to 2019. The report also detailed that, over the years, the amount of demanded Ransom by the attackers has grown dramatically. The average amount of ransom asked by […]
2020-6-9 23:01 | |
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The CovidLock ransomware changes a device’s screen lock password, demanding $100 worth of BTC in exchange for as password that restores access to the phone
2020-3-15 18:26 | |
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Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), a state-owned petroleum company established in 1938, has suffered a ransomware attack that has succeeded in shutting down its computers and online payment systems. The hackers are demanding for 565 BTC and have given the firm a 48-hour deadline to send the money.
2019-11-13 14:00 | |
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The online processes of Jerez de la Frontera, a city of more than 200k inhabitants located in southern Spain, have been crippled by a severe ransomware attack. The hackers are demanding an undisclosed amount in bitcoin and Spanish authorities are yet to pay the ransom and have instead deployed three cybersecurity experts to the area,Read MoreRead More.
2019-10-8 09:00 | |
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A hacker is holding computer systems belonging to the southern Spanish city of Jerez de la Frontera, demanding a Bitcoin ransom to unlock them, RFI reports. The ransomware attack, which reportedly began on Tuesday night, has already caused service outages for the city’s website.
2019-10-4 19:15 | |
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When ransomware attackers targeted the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, two months ago demanding $5. 3 million in Bitcoin, they must have felt very confident when turning down a counter-offer of $400,000 that the city presented.
2019-9-8 12:57 | |
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Bitcoin demanding ransomware knows no bounds, and the latest potential victim? DSLR cameras. A group of security researchers have managed to exploit vulnerabilities in a Canon EOS 80D digital camera to hold its owner’s photos to a Bitcoin ransom, The Inquirer reports.
2019-8-12 16:59 | |
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Companies and governments around the world are being targeted by ransomware attackers. The hackers encrypt data and disable IT systems before demanding payment in exchange for the decryption key.
2019-7-28 10:00 | |
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Munroe College in Manhattan has been hit by a ransomware attack that has shut down the college’s computer systems. The hackers are demanding 170 bitcoin (BTC), which is roughly $1. 9 million. The malware infection came to light on the morning of July 10, but the specifications of the infection are still largely unknown, as reportedRead MoreRead More.
2019-7-15 13:00 | |
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Ransomware is not a new technological concept, but it is a big problem in the cryptocurrency industry in the last few years. Rather than directly taking over an exchange, these hackers go after unrelated companies, demanding to be paid out in Bitcoin or another cryptocurrency.
2019-7-12 21:31 | |
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Hackers have successfully breached the network of the New York City-based Monroe College, demanding $2 million in Bitcoin to restore the institution's encrypted data following a carefully-orchestrated ransomware attack.
2019-7-13 18:36 | |
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By CCN Markets: Hackers who paralyzed Florida’s Riviera Beach City’s IT infrastructure are about to laugh all the way to the bank. This is after the Riviera Beach City Council voted to authorize the city’s insurer to meet the ransom demands of the hackers who planted ransomware in the city’s computer systems.
2019-6-21 18:29 | |
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The entire United States’ city of Baltimore is heading through what can be termed as a communication network blackout. Zero Hedge report published May 23, 2019, stated that the hackers who conducted the ransomware attack to crumple the city’s communication are now demanding $10,000 dollar worth of bitcoin per day.
2019-5-25 23:00 | |
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By CCN: The city of Baltimore has suffered a blow in its bid to keep operations running amidst a bitcoin ransom attack that has crippled critical services. Per The Baltimore Sun, city officials had created Gmail accounts in the wake of ransomware attackers demanding $100,000 in Bitcoin.
2019-5-24 14:28 | |
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Over a week after a cyberattack halted Baltimore’s computer networks, city officials declared Wednesday they can’t prognosticate when its overall system will be up and running and continued to give only the broadest outlines of the problem.
2019-5-16 20:22 | |
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A cybersecurity breach at the Port of San Diego on September 25 described as “serious cybersecurity incident” by Port CEO Randa Conglio was, in fact, a ransomware attack by cybercriminals demanding bitcoin.
2018-10-1 02:00 | |
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Officials report that the Port of San Diego has been hit with a ransomware attack demanding Bitcoin payments. Port CEO Randa Congiglio told ABC that a fraction of the port’s information technology systems were compromised before staff members shut down other systems out of caution.
2018-9-30 05:09 | |
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A new report from Accenture states that Iran-based ransomware demanding payment in crypto is on the rise and will further escalate in the current geopolitical climate
2018-8-8 15:42 | |
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Two malicious coders who orchestrated a ransomware attack on 1,259 computers demanding bitcoin back in 2015 have finally been sentenced to 240 hours of community service by a Rotterdam court, according to a local news source NU on July 26, 2018.
2018-7-29 09:00 | |
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The developers behind the CoinVault and BitCryptor ransomware were sentenced to 240 hours of community service in a Dutch court on Thursday. Melvin and Dennis van de B., aged 25 and 21, were convicted of accusing 1,259 computers in the Netherlands and other Western European countries with the ransomware and demanding bitcoin payments as a
2018-7-27 00:57 | |
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Automobili Lamborghini, the manufacturer of the most craved sports cars in crypto, will trial blockchain tech in its supply chain operations.