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Cybercriminals raked in record $1.1 billion in ransom payments in 2023
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCybercriminals extorted a record $1.1 billion in ransom payments from victim organizations around...
How Hackers Swindled Vegas
Slate via Yahoo News· 8 months agowelcomia/iStock/Getty Images Plus In the mid-2010s, cybercriminals shifted their ransomware strategy. Instead of spamming as many individual victims as...
US-led cybersecurity coalition vows to not pay hackers' ransom demands
TechCrunch· 7 months agoThe U.S. government and dozens of foreign allies have pledged never to pay ransom demands in a bid...
Ransom hackers are hitting climate data
Semafor via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe News Hackers are opening a new front in the corporate cybersecurity wars by hijacking the torrent of sensitive climate and energy-related data...
Even hackers are reportedly getting laid off by organized crime groups
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs cybersecurity improves, one hacker group laid off 45 employeesNurPhoto / Getty Images The US...
Countering AI-driven cyberattacks with AI-driven cybersecurity
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoArtificial intelligence is already changing the way we interact with technology. But it can be...
NC is one of only two states to ban paying ransomware attackers. Is that wise?
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 2 years agoIn the first half of this year, two cities, two counties, two K-12 school districts, three colleges...
Ransomware payments hit record $1.1B: Report
The Hill via Yahoo News· 4 months agoRansomware payments skyrocketed in 2023, hitting a record-high $1.1 billion extorted from targets of the schemes, according to a Chainalysis report...
'We’ve seen an increase': White House warns about an uptick in ransomware attacks
Yahoo Finance via AOL· 7 months agoOne day after the Biden administration rolled out a sweeping new executive order on artificial...
A third of Americans could have had data stolen in big health care hack
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA third of Americans may have had their personal data swept up in a February ransomware attack on a...