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Another holiday weekend in the U.S., another ransomware attack that has paralyzed businesses around the world. This time it’s affecting an untold number of small and big companies that use IT software from a company called Kaseya. High-profile … [Continue reading] about EXPLAINER: Ransomware and its role in supply chain attacks
ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish national on the run after allegedly embezzling money from thousands of people in a Ponzi scheme has been extradited to Turkey and detained. Mehmet Aydin, 30, is thought to have collected the equivalent of more than $131 … [Continue reading] about Fugitive extradited to Turkey to face Ponzi scheme charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — A ransomware attack paralyzed the networks of at least 200 U.S. companies on Friday, according to a cybersecurity researcher whose company was responding to the incident. The REvil gang, a major Russian-speaking ransomware … [Continue reading] about Ransomware hits hundreds of US companies, security firm says
Businesses rushed Saturday to contain a ransomware attack that has paralyzed their computer networks, a situation complicated in the U.S. by offices lightly staffed at the start of the Fourth of July holiday weekend. In Sweden, most of the grocery … [Continue reading] about Ransomware attack before holiday leaves companies scrambling
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Engineers from a private firm alerted county officials in central Florida this week to significant structural problems that were discovered at a condominium complex two months ago but never addressed by the homeowners … [Continue reading] about Firm alerts county to ‘significant’ issues at condo complex
