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Baltimore Held Hostage in 2nd Ransomware Attack
2019-05-10 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Baltimore officials have admitted that the city government once again has been victimized by ransomware -- the second such attack in just over a year. City computers reportedly were infected with the RobinHood ransomware virus. Hackers told city officials that they would unlock the computers in return for payment of three bitcoins per system, or 13 Bitcoins for the entire system.
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Carlos Ghosn 'held hostage' by Japan legal system, says lawyer
2019-04-09 04:07:24| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Carlos Ghosn's family lawyer says the former Nissan boss' right to a fair trial has been violated.
Carlos Ghosn and Japan's 'hostage justice' system
2019-02-14 01:22:30| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Critics say the pressure to confess is immense and there is no real presumption of innocence.
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Student's father who took teacher hostage is shot to death in Riverside, Calif.
2017-11-02 18:12:47| American School & University
Man held 70-year-old first-grade teacher hostage for six hours in elementary school classroom
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New ransomware uses disk-level encryption to hold your computer hostage
2016-03-30 13:56:34| Extremetech
Ransomware is getting even more devious with Petya, which goes after your master boot record to encrypt the whole drive.
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