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Ransomware's Aftermath Can Be More Costly Than Ransom
2016-03-24 15:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Downtime caused by a ransomware attack can cost a company more than paying a ransom to recover data encrypted by the malware, according to a report released last week by Intermedia. Nearly three-quarters (72 percent) of companies infected with ransomware could not access their data for at least two days because of the incident, and 32 percent couldn't access their data for five days or more.
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Hollywood Hospital Pays Hackers $17K Ransom
2016-02-18 20:04:46| PC Magazine Security Product Guide
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center paid a 40 bitcoin ($17,000) ransom to regain control of its network.
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Hollywood Hospital Pays Hackers $17K Ransom
2016-02-18 18:04:28| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center paid a 40 bitcoin ($17,000) ransom to regain control of its network.
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Republicans ransom US Green Fund pledge ahead of Paris climate summit
2015-11-20 13:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Republicans are grappling to erode US climate credibility ahead of December`s Paris climate conference as payback for their exclusion from negotiations by President Barack Obama. GOP senators are taking ransom a US$3 billion pledge to the UNs flagship Green Climate Fund which helps developing countries tackle climate change. Unless the Republican-dominated Senate gets a vote on an anticipated new climate agreement, it wont release the $500 million first tranche. Americas contribution...
ProtonMail Pays Cyber Ransom, But Attack Continues
2015-11-10 02:02:28| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
A $6,000 ransom payment fails to stop the cyber attacks; ProtonMail declares it will "NEVER pay another ransom."
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