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The Week in Ransomware – October 9th 2020 – Giant Ransoms Ransomware continues to run rampant this week, with well-known organizations getting hit with massive ransomware attacks. The biggest news this week is the Clop ransomware attack against Software AG, where the attackers are demanding a $23 million ransom. This week, we also learned that a New
Largest Cruise Line Operator Carnival Confirms Ransomware Data Theft Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise line operator, has confirmed that the personal information of customers, employees, and ship crews was stolen during an August ransomware attack. Carnival is included in both the S&P 500 and the FTSE 100 indices and it has more than 150,000 employees
Software AG IT Giant Hit With $23 Million Ransom By Clop Ransomware The Clop ransomware gang hit the network of German enterprise software giant Software AG last Saturday, asking for a ransom of $23 million after stealing employee information and company documents. Software AG is a software company headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, with more than 5,000 employees and operations
DHS: Unknown Hackers Targeted The US Census Bureau Network The US Department of Homeland Security said that unknown threat actors have targeted the US Census network during the last year in its first-ever Homeland Threat Assessment (HTA) report released earlier this week. The US Census Bureau is the largest US federal government statistical agency responsible for collecting statistical data about the US