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Georgia’s court system hit by ransomware

There’s a hint that it might involve Ryuk ransomware. If so, it might be the fourth Ryuk attack against state and local agencies since May.

Riviera Beach, Florida, has agreed to pay attackers over $600,000 three weeks after its systems were crippled by ransomware.

The band shrugged off the threat and released the files on Bandcamp. They’re long and not very interesting, they said.

GandCrab’s creators are giving themselves a “well-deserved retirement” after extorting (they say) $2 billion.

Tales from the honeypot: this time a MySQL-based attack. Old tricks still work, because we’re still making old mistakes – here’s what to do.

The mayor said no—for now—to paying 13 Bitcoins to (purportedly) unlock all seized systems. Manual rebuilding could take months.

One moment, the defenders’ network looked secure but the next, as if out of nowhere, the ransom note pops up.

The data was published after “Boris Bullet-Dodger” failed to get Citycomp to cough up.

The youngster who spent his own money to protect people from the WannaCry virus has pleaded guilty to malware-related cybercrime charges.