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Ransomware attackers email bemused students as leverage for a payout

Categories: Business

Categories: News

Tags: students

Tags: university

Tags: university of Manchester

Tags: UoM

Tags: ransomware

Tags: blackmail

Tags: theft

Tags: pressure

Tags: leak

Tags: breach

We take a look at one group’s creative tactics to ensure a payout from a compromised university.

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DNA testing company failed to protect sensitive genetic and health data, says FTC

Categories: News

Categories: Personal

Tags: FTC

Tags: privacy

Tags: retroactive

Tags: DNA. testing

Tags: sample

Tags: retain

Tags: data

Tags: unsecured

Tags: charge

The FTC is going head to head with a DNA testing startup which left consumer data unsecured on Amazon buckets.

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US dangles $10 million reward for information about Cl0p ransomware gang

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: Cl0p

Tags: ransomware

Tags: RFJ

Tags: 10 million

Tags: MOVEit

Rewards for Justice (RFJ) is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information the Cl0p ransomware gang is acting at the direction or under the control of a foreign government.

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