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  2. Conti (ransomware) - Wikipedia

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    Conti is malware developed and first used by the Russia-based hacking group "Wizard Spider" in December, 2019. [1] [2] It has since become a full-fledged ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation used by numerous threat actor groups to conduct ransomware attacks.

  3. Clop (cyber gang) - Wikipedia

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    Clop (sometimes written “Cl0p”) is a cybercriminal organization known for its multilevel extortion techniques and global malware distribution. It has extorted more than $500 million in ransom payments, targeting major organizations worldwide.

  4. Ransomware - Wikipedia

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    It is called cryptoviral extortion and it was inspired by the fictional facehugger in the movie Alien. [16] Cryptoviral extortion is the following three-round protocol carried out between the attacker and the victim. [1] [attacker→victim] The attacker generates a key pair and places the corresponding public key in the malware. The malware is ...

  5. List of cyberattacks - Wikipedia

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    A cyberattack is any type of offensive maneuver employed by individuals or whole organizations that targets computer information systems, infrastructures, computer networks, and/or personal computer devices by various means of malicious acts usually originating from an anonymous source that either steals, alters, or destroys a specified target by hacking into a susceptible system.

  6. US claims North Korea put workers in US companies to ... - AOL

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    The United States on Thursday offered a $5 million reward for information about an alleged scheme in which North Korean technology workers got jobs at unsuspecting U.S. companies then stole their ...

  7. US officials seize extortion websites; ransomware ... - AOL

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    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. officials on Tuesday seized digital extortion websites associated with the notorious "Blackcat" ransomware gang, sparking a threat from the hackers to escalate their ...

  8. Crypto CEO safe after being kidnapped and held for $1 million ...

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    The head of Canada’s largest crypto company, WonderFi, is free after being kidnapped in Toronto on Wednesday. After electronically paying a ransom of $1 million Canadian dollars, or $720,660 ...

  9. List of security hacking incidents - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Justice Department indicted two men Faramarz Shahi Savandi and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri who allegedly used the SamSam ransomware for extortion, netting them more than $6 million in ransom payments. The companies infected with the ransomware included Allscripts, Medstar Health, and Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. Altogether ...