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Most Criminal Cryptocurrency Funnels Through Just 5 Exchanges
For years, the cryptocurrency economy has been rife with black market sales, theft, ransomware, and money laundering—despite the strange fact…
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The NRA Has Reportedly Been Hacked
Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association, at the Conservative Political Action Conference in March 2016. Photo:…
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Conti Ransomware Gang Behind Ireland Attack Also Hit 16 U.S. Health and Emergency Networks
Photo: Mandel Ngan (Getty Images) The same hackers that took down the Irish health system last week also hit at…
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Hackers Behind Colonial Attack Cleared $90 Million in Bitcoin
Photo: Dan Kitwood (Getty Images) New research into the ransomware thieves who attacked the Colonial Pipeline shows just how much…
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Ransomware Gang Behind Pipeline Hack ‘Quits’ the Business
Photo: PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP (Getty Images) Less than 24 hours after President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. would seek to…
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Ireland Shuts Down Hospital Computer Systems Nationwide After Ransomware Attack
File photo of the CEO of Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE) Paul Reid (center) and Chief of Staff of Ireland’s…
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In the Colonial Pipeline Mess, Tanker Trucks Come to the Rescue
On Wednesday night, the Colonial Pipeline Company, which operates the country’s largest pipeline system for refined oil, reported that the…
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Colonial Pipeline Pays Hackers $5 Million to Get Its Groove Back
Photo: JIM WATSON / AFP (Getty Images) About a week ago, Colonial Pipeline apparently paid the ransomware group DarkSide approximately…
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Colonial Pipeline Is Coming Back on as Gas Shortage Ramps Up
A gas station in Atlanta, Georgia, that was out of gas on Tuesday.Photo: Ben Margot (AP) Large swathes of the…
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A Hacker Gang Was Trying to Extort D.C. Police for $4 Million
Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP (Getty Images) A ransomware gang, Babuk Locker, has been attempting to extort the Metropolitan Police Department in…
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