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Hackers give Johannesburg government 3 days to pay over $30K in Bitcoin
A group of cybercriminals calling themselves the “Shadow Kill Hackers” has reportedly attacked the City of Johannesburg ...
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US hospitals opt for paying hackers to survive Ryuk ransomware attack
Cybercriminals are targeting hospitals across the globe with ransomware. Some of the hospitals are giving in to the attackers' ...
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Ransomware attack hits Spanish city demanding undisclosed amount of Bitcoin
Jerez de la Frontera, the home of sherry, has been under siege by Bitcoin-hungry ransomware attackers since Tuesday this ...
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Johannesburg's power supplier gets the better of ransomware attackers
A ransomware infection at City Power, one of South Africa's electricity providers, left some city residents of Johannesburg ...
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$840,000 Bitcoin ransom plot foiled, kidnapped crypto traders rescued
Police in India have rescued three people, including two cryptocurrency traders, that were held to ransom for two weeks to ...
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Florida city that paid $500,000 Bitcoin ransom, fires IT director
Lake City, the Florida city that paid a $500,000 Bitcoin ransom last week, has fired its IT director following the debacle. ...
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Bitcoin ransomers claim second victory as Florida town pays $500,000
A second town in Florida has paid over $500,000 in Bitcoin to hackers following a ransomware attack.
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The GitHub extortion victims are outsmarting their Bitcoin scammers
Blackmailers wiping GitHub repositories and withholding code to extort Bitcoin from their victims haven't made enough to ...
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Moonday Mornings: Bitcoin extortionists are wiping GitHub repositories – unless you pay up
Bitcoin extortionists hold GitHub respositories to ransom, Craig Wright ordered to prove Bitcoin ownership and more in this ...
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Report: Cryptocurrency ransomware payments up 90%, thanks to Ryuk
Ransomware attacks are still doing the rounds and one piece of ransomware software, Ryuk, appears to be gaining pace with ...
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Cryptocurrency exchange WEX/BTC-e tied to Bitcoin ransomware hackers, report
PricewaterhouseCoopers has made a connection between the SamSam ransomware hackers and infamous cryptocurrency exchange WEX ...
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Watch out for this new cryptocurrency ransomware stalking the web
A brand new family of cryptocurrency-fuelled ransomware has been discovered, and researchers warn it's more sophisticated ...
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Ryuk ransomware earns hackers $3.7M in Bitcoin over 5 months
A squad of cybersecurity firms have tracked a ransomware threat known as Ryuk, which has collected over 705 BTC in just ...
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Bitcoin ransomers arrested for kidnapping in South Africa
Police in Mpumalanga, South Africa, have arrested two suspects who demanded a Bitcoin ransom following the kidnapping of ...
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$950K Bitcoin ransom paid but US businessman still missing
An American businesses man is still missing even though his family have paid kidnappers a ransom of nearly $950,000 in Bitcoin. ...
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Kidnappers in Norway demand $10M Monero ransom for millionaire's wife
Police fear the wife of one of Norway's richest men is being held ransom for $10M, payable only in the anonymity-focused ...
