One of the world’s largest cyber-currency exchanges is under investigation after it acknowledged that one of its employee’s PCs had been hacked. South Korea-based Bithumb has said that it believes…
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Petya hackers issue fresh ransom demand
The perpetrators of a recent cyber-attack that disrupted businesses across the world appear to have accessed the ransom payments they raised. Just over £7,900-worth of virtual currency has been moved…
Cyber-attack was about data and not money, say experts
The Petya malware variant that hit businesses around the world may not have been an attempt to make money, suspect security experts. The malicious program demanded a payment to unlock…
'Vaccine' created for huge cyber-attack
Dave Lee, North America technology reporter Security researchers have discovered a “vaccine” for the huge cyber-attack that hit organisations across the world on Tuesday. The creation of a single file…
South Korean firm's 'record' ransom payment
South Korean web-hosting firm Nayana has agreed to pay a $1m ransom to unlock computers frozen by hackers. It is believed to be a record amount, although it is worth…
Ransomware 'customer support' chat reveals criminals' ruthlessness
F-Secure publishes 34 pages of chat transcripts between victims and gang’s ‘support rep’. By Gregg Keizer Ransomware criminals chatting up victims, offering to delay deadlines, showing how to obtain Bitcoin,…