Ransom News

Bitcoin $78 Mln Ransom Demand Hits India’s IT Giant

MAY 08, 2017 | William Suberg

Another case of fraud involving Bitcoin surfaces in India as Wipro receives a $78 mln ransom demand.

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Top British Banks Stock Up On Bitcoin For Cyber Ransoms

OCT 23, 2016 | Olusegun Ogundeji

The banks are now coming to terms with the view that it is cheaper to pay off criminals than risk ferocious cyber attacks on a high scale.

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UK Companies Buy Up Bitcoins As Ransom Money While Canada University Pays Up

JUN 11, 2016 | Charlie McCombie

According to a cyber-security survey, 33% of UK companies are buying Bitcoin in anticipation of ransomware attacks. This comes after a Canadian university paid 20,000 Canadian dollars in Bitcoin for the encryption keys to their data this week.

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Security Experts Advise on Fighting Cybercrime Amid Reports on Syrian Email Scam Attacks

NOV 08, 2015 | Nina Lyon

Cointelegraph stongly advises NOT to fulfill any email demands coming from scammers calling themselves the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), a division of ISIS.

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ProtonMail Pays Bitcoin Ransom to Stop DDoS Attack

NOV 06, 2015 | Joseph Young

ProtonMail, an open-sourced encrypted mail service founded by MIT and Stanford engineers at the CERN research facility, has suffered from a series of extremely powerful DDoS attack from unknown hackers

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Bitcoin $78 Mln Ransom Demand Hits India’s IT Giant

MAY 08, 2017 | William Suberg

Another case of fraud involving Bitcoin surfaces in India as Wipro receives a $78 mln ransom demand.

10107 | 1

UK Companies Buy Up Bitcoins As Ransom Money While Canada University Pays Up

JUN 11, 2016 | Charlie McCombie

According to a cyber-security survey, 33% of UK companies are buying Bitcoin in anticipation of ransomware attacks. This comes after a Canadian university paid 20,000 Canadian dollars in Bitcoin for the encryption keys to their data this week.

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Top British Banks Stock Up On Bitcoin For Cyber Ransoms

OCT 23, 2016 | Olusegun Ogundeji

The banks are now coming to terms with the view that it is cheaper to pay off criminals than risk ferocious cyber attacks on a high scale.

90 | 1

ProtonMail Pays Bitcoin Ransom to Stop DDoS Attack

NOV 06, 2015 | Joseph Young

ProtonMail, an open-sourced encrypted mail service founded by MIT and Stanford engineers at the CERN research facility, has suffered from a series of extremely powerful DDoS attack from unknown hackers

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Security Experts Advise on Fighting Cybercrime Amid Reports on Syrian Email Scam Attacks

NOV 08, 2015 | Nina Lyon

Cointelegraph stongly advises NOT to fulfill any email demands coming from scammers calling themselves the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), a division of ISIS.

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Top British Banks Stock Up On Bitcoin For Cyber Ransoms

OCT 23, 2016 | Olusegun Ogundeji

The banks are now coming to terms with the view that it is cheaper to pay off criminals than risk ferocious cyber attacks on a high scale.

90 | 1

Bitcoin $78 Mln Ransom Demand Hits India’s IT Giant

MAY 08, 2017 | William Suberg

Another case of fraud involving Bitcoin surfaces in India as Wipro receives a $78 mln ransom demand.

10107 | 1

ProtonMail Pays Bitcoin Ransom to Stop DDoS Attack

NOV 06, 2015 | Joseph Young

ProtonMail, an open-sourced encrypted mail service founded by MIT and Stanford engineers at the CERN research facility, has suffered from a series of extremely powerful DDoS attack from unknown hackers

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Security Experts Advise on Fighting Cybercrime Amid Reports on Syrian Email Scam Attacks

NOV 08, 2015 | Nina Lyon

Cointelegraph stongly advises NOT to fulfill any email demands coming from scammers calling themselves the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), a division of ISIS.

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UK Companies Buy Up Bitcoins As Ransom Money While Canada University Pays Up

JUN 11, 2016 | Charlie McCombie

According to a cyber-security survey, 33% of UK companies are buying Bitcoin in anticipation of ransomware attacks. This comes after a Canadian university paid 20,000 Canadian dollars in Bitcoin for the encryption keys to their data this week.

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