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A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this February 28, 2013 illustration file picture. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo
WASHINGTON, July 5 (Reuters) - Hackers suspected to be behind a mass extortion attack that affected hundreds of companies worldwide late on Sunday demanded $70 million to restore the data they are holding ransom, according to a posting on a dark web site.
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The discovery of Russia's devastating SolarWinds spy campaign put the spotlight on the sophisticated supply chain hijacking techniques of Moscow's foreign intelligence hackers.
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Experts are sounding the alarm about potential cyberattacks on the Tokyo Summer Olympics from those looking to create chaos at the already embattled event.
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Hackers demand US$70 million to liberate data held by companies hit in mass cyberattack -blog -
WASHINGTON: The hackers alleged to be behind a mass ransomware attack than affected hundreds of companies worldwide late on Sunday demanded US$70 million to liberate the data.
The demand was posted by REvil cybercrime gang on their blog. Allan Liska, with cybersecurity firm Recorded Future, said the message appeared to be authentic and that the blog had been in use by that group since last year.
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While the text of the site's archive of news stories, and forum posts, haven't been affected, "the last few years" of media has been deleted. As anyone who runs a website will tell you, losing images is ghastly, and makes everything look broken.
Sahagian states that there was no access to any of their databases, and that "no news stories, forum posts, or user accounts have been affected." Presumably this means the attackers weren't able to access root, and instead took advantage of exploits in the site's CMS install.
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Hackers breached several MPs' email accounts, Poland says | Reuters
A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this February 28, 2013 illustration file picture. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo
In a statement on Friday, counter-intelligence authorities said members of parliament hit in the hacking come from almost every parliamentary opposition grouping, and those affected had been notified and had received cybersecurity training.
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Hackers demand $70 million to liberate data held by companies hit in mass cyberattack -blog https://t.co/jIa86v7jtN https://t.co/UFsna7kgI0 Reuters (from Around the world) Mon Jul 05 05:10:02 +0000 2021
Hackers demand $70 mln to restore data held by companies hit in cyberattack - blog https://t.co/ViA4IVEMwi https://t.co/JWLX9bYV2z Reuters (from Around the world) Mon Jul 05 08:15:07 +0000 2021
The hackers alleged to be behind a mass ransomware attack than affected hundreds of companies worldwide demand $70… https://t.co/RJEUwVE5os AlArabiya_Eng (from Dubai) Mon Jul 05 05:43:40 +0000 2021
Hackers 'demand US$70 million' after mass ransomware attack https://t.co/RCgTq0YZE1 SCMPNews (from Hong Kong) Mon Jul 05 08:22:10 +0000 2021
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