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Sydney siege: Australia's major banks close Sydney CBD branches due to hostage crisis
2014-12-15 11:02:47| Automakers - Topix.net
Commonwealth Bank of Australia , Westpac Banking Corp and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group said they had shut their Sydney CBD branches on Monday after a number of hostages were taken in a central city cafe. "Due to the police operation in Martin Place Sydney, 12 Westpac branches in Sydney CBD will be closed for the rest of today," Westpac said in a tweet.
Critics Say UC Tuition Hikes Are 'Hostage Taking;' Do You Agree?
2014-11-07 23:41:51| IT Services - Topix.net
By Bay City News Service: University of California President Janet Napolitano's office called this week for a plan that would increase students' tuition by as much as 5 percent over the next five years unless the state provides comparable funding, a move that critics blasted as taking university students hostage. After years of steep hikes, the UC system froze tuition for the last two years, and upon taking office last year, Napolitano pledged the tuition freeze would remain in effect for the 2014-15 school year.
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CryptoWall held over half a million computers hostage, encrypted 5 billion files
2014-08-29 15:13:44| InfoWorld: Top News
A file-encrypting ransomware program called CryptoWall infected over 600,000 computer systems in the past six months and held 5 billion files hostage, garnering more than $1 million for its creators , researchers found. The Counter Threat Unit (CTU) at Dell SecureWorks performed an extensive analysis of CryptoWall that involved gathering data from its command-and-control (C&C) servers, tracking its variants and distribution methods and counting payments made by victims so far.
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Verizon's "Cut the Copper" Stealth Plan: Thousands Were Held Hostage...
2014-07-06 15:14:55| IT Services - Topix.net
In our previous article we outlined how Verizon had started the process to shut off the copper wires in areas that are being upgraded to FiOS, which is based on fiber optics.
Apple devices held hostage using Find My iPhone
2014-05-27 13:59:12| InfoWorld: Top News
Hackers appear to be exploiting Apple's "Find My iPhone" service to lock up phones and tablets and send ransom demands to their owners. A number of reports on Apple's support forum tell of devices displaying messages that they have been hacked by "Oleg Pliss" and demanding payment of a $100 ransom via PayPal to unlock them. Most of the reports were from Australians but there were also reports from a Briton and a Canadian.