Ransomware
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US: Internet shut after ransomware attack hits Baltimore city; hackers demand 76,280 USD
World | May 26, 2019, 01:11 PM ISTA note found in one of the computers read, "We won't talk more, all we know is money! Hurry up!"
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67% Indian businesses hit by ransomware, 38% twice: Cybersecurity survey
Technology | Mar 14, 2018, 02:27 PM ISTMore than 70 percent surveyed do not have anti-exploit technology, which means these businesses are easy prey for data breaches and complex threats like WannaCrypt.
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North Korea ‘directly responsible’ for massive WannaCry cyberattack, says US
World | Dec 19, 2017, 09:28 AM ISTBossert said North Korea must be held "accountable" and said the US would continue to use a "maximum pressure strategy" to hinder the regime's ability to mount cyber-attacks.
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Saviour or anti-hero? Expert who stopped 'WannaCrypt' outbreak held in cyber fraud in US
Aug 04, 2017, 03:47 PM ISTThe FBI arrested 23-year-old Briton Marcus Hutchins, who runs a security blog called MalwareTech, in Las Vegas for "his role in creating and distributing the Kronos banking trojan virus"
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More evidence by Symantec links North Korea to WannaCry attack
World | May 23, 2017, 03:53 PM ISTA fresh set of evidences by a cyber security firm have sought to link the this month’s ‘WannaCry’ ransomware attack to the Lazarus hacker’s group, widely believed to be connected to North Korea.
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Data recovery firm cracks 'WannaCry', working on five cases in India
May 19, 2017, 03:06 PM ISTThe development comes as a huge relief for those struggling to gain access to locked data after the ‘WannaCry’ attack hit Windows users in 150 countries.