In 2024, ransomware attacks targeting U.S. state and local governments surged 23 percent, with 117 documented attacks, signaling a troubling rise in this breed of cyber attack. In this time, the ...

As cybercriminals continue to reap the financial rewards of their attacks, talk of a federal ban on ransom payments is getting louder. U.S. officials have long urged against paying ransom demands. But ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Three Somali pirates were killed in a fight over the ransom paid to free the German-American journalist who was released this week after two years and eight months of ...

This isn’t just AI policy week—there’s also been an International Counter Ransomware Initiative meeting going on in D.C., and really, it couldn’t be more timely. The latest casualty is Boeing, which ...

Paying a ransom does not guarantee that the attackers will keep their word and provide the decryption key. Also, paying a ransom only encourages cybercriminals to carry out more attacks in the future.

The No More Ransom project celebrates its sixth anniversary today after helping millions of ransomware victims recover their files for free. Launched in July 2016, No More Ransom is an online portal ...

GALKAYO, Somalia Sept 25, 2014 (Garowe Online)-At least five people were reported killed after deadly shoot out raged between two groups of pirates in southern part of Galkayo in central Somalia on ...

Hackers Leak French Hospital Patient Data In Ransom Fight By AFP - Agence France Presse Sept 26, 2022, 8:11 am EDT Share ...