Ransomware


Finanzas

TRM Labs Raises $14M as Crypto Tracking Steps Into Spotlight

The San Francisco intelligence firm has seen revenues surge as blockchain analysis goes mainstream.

TRM Labs co-founders Esteban Castano (left) and Rahul Raina

Mercados

Hospitals Among the Latest to Suffer Ransomware Attacks: Report

The Eastern European-based hackers have made a practice of collecting their payments in bitcoin.

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Mercados

World's Largest Meat Company Pays $11M in Bitcoin Ransomware Attack

The attack on the world's largest meat producer bore similarities to one on Colonial Pipeline two weeks earlier.

The JBS Beef Production Facility in Greeley, Colo.

Mercados

Biden's National Security Adviser Sees Crypto Role in Cyberattacks as Priority for G-7, NATO

Jake Sullivan said the "cryptocurrency challenge ... lies at the core" of ransomware attacks.

U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan

Regulación

State of Crypto: Ransomware Is a Crypto Problem

The crypto industry needs to pay attention to – and help fight – the growing ransomware threat.

Ransomware's been an issue for years, but recent high-profile attacks are shining a spotlight on the form of cyberattack – and crypto's role in enabling it.

Mercados

CEO of Colonial Pipeline to Face Congress Grilling Over Bitcoin Ransom

The CEO will face the Senate Homeland Security Committee to explain the reasoning behind his decision to pay a $4.4M bitcoin ransom.

oil pipeline

Mercados

Federal Officials Recover Bitcoin Ransom From Colonial Pipeline Attack

Colonial paid $4.4 million in bitcoin after its systems fell victim to a ransomware attack last month.

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced that federal officials had seized a bitcoin wallet that held proceeds from the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack.

Mercados

DOJ Charges Latvian National for Role in 'Trickbot' Ransomware Scam

The "Trickbot Group" told victims they would need to purchase special software through a bitcoin address to decrypt their files.

The DOJ tied a Latvian national for alleged participation in a cybercrime group.

Finanzas

The Ransom-Ware

An ode to companies that poorly guard their computer systems and end up paying extortionists bitcoin to unlock them (with apologies to Rudyard Kipling).

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