Tag: ransom
Blackmail Trojan: Uni paid ransom and gets more than twice as much
Blackmail Trojan Uni paid a ransom of 200,000 euros to the hacker group – and is now getting back more than double that Blackmail by cybercriminals using Trojans brought the…
Jacques Ransom again in front of the assizes
The appeal trial of Jacques Rançon, nicknamed “the Perpignan station killer”, sentenced in 2021 to 30 years’ imprisonment for the rape and murder in 1986 of Isabelle Mesnage, opened on…
Cyber Extortion: The Ransom Crisis
Attacks with ransomware damage citizens and companies massively, the perpetrators make money like cocaine cartels once did. German politicians are now calling for ransom payments to be made more difficult…
Spain: Woman fakes kidnapping to play bingo with ransom
Spain Woman fakes kidnapping herself to play bingo with ransom With the ransom, the woman first went to play bingo © Andriy Popov / Picture Alliance A Spanish woman faked…
Abducted missionaries in Haiti: $ 17 million ransom demanded
Status: 10/20/2021 10:53 a.m. The kidnappers have demanded a ransom of US $ 17 million for the release of the missionaries kidnapped in Haiti and their families. The hostages also…
Global cyber attack: Hackers demand 70 million ransom
Status: 05.07.2021 09:08 After the global cyber attack on a US company, the hacker group “REvil” demanded a ransom of 70 million US dollars. The attack had paralyzed thousands of…
Global meat giant JBS pays hackers $ 11 million ransom
Lines of code on a computer. – A. GELEBART / 20 MINUTES Cyber attacks can be very expensive. The question should even be on the menu of the meeting between…
Hackers demand hefty ransom from Apple after data theft
The REvil hacker group announced on its blog that it had successfully penetrated the Quanta Computer network. This global PC manufacturing giant is a subcontractor of Apple. Moreover, the claim…