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Ransom
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Hackers demand $1m ransom after stealing data from 2 Canadian banks
Hackers have stolen financial data of thousands of customers – Reportedly 50,000 from BMO and 40,000 customers from CIBC have…
May 29, 2018
Poker tournaments disrupted after DDoS attacks on Americas Cardroom
Last year in September Americas Cardroom (ACR), a popular online poker site and its Winning Poker Network (WPN)…
May 2, 2018
Hackers take over power billing records of Indian state; demand ransom
The AMR system (automatic meter reading system) of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) (Haryana power utilities) in…
March 30, 2018
Hackers leave ransom note after wiping out MongoDB in 13 seconds
For the last couple of years, hackers have been exploiting unprotected MongoDB based servers to steal data and hold…
March 22, 2018
DDoS Attacks Now Launched with Monero Ransom Notes
After a brief hiatus, attackers have returned with a series of new DDoS attacks and this time they…
March 3, 2018
Hacker demands ransom in Bitcoin after taking over hospital servers
It is a fact that the healthcare industry has been a lucrative target for cyber criminals around the world…
January 13, 2018
Sacramento Regional Transit System in California Held for $7,000 Ransom
On Saturday night an unknown hacker targeted the Sacramento Regional Transit System (RT or SacRT) in California and…
November 21, 2017
The Dark Overlord hacks plastic surgery clinic; demands ransom
Nude pictures never go unnoticed, and when these belong to celebrities and the mighty Royals, then people are…
October 29, 2017
Attacker demands ransom after series of DDoS attacks on Poker site
On the evening of September 1st, 2017, an unknown attacker conducted a series of massive DDoS attacks on…
September 5, 2017
Hackers Demand Banks $315k Ransom or Face DDoS Attacks
Armada Collective, a group of online attackers, is demanding a ransom payment of $315,000 from South Korean banks…
June 28, 2017