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Will Garmin Pay $10 Million Ransom To End Two-Day Outage? Garmin is reportedly being asked to pay a $10 million ransom to free its systems from a cyberattack that has taken down many of its services for two days. The navigation company was hit by a ransomware attack on Thursday, leaving customers unable to log fitness
Garmin Outage Caused By Confirmed Wastedlocker Ransomware Attack 08/01/20 Update: Sources had told BleepingComputer that Garmin paid the ransomware. Today, in a new article we describe how we obtained the WastedLocker decryptor acquired by Garmin and a restoration package created by their IT department. Wearable device maker Garmin shut down some of its connected services and call centers on Thursday
The Week In Ransomware – July 24th 2020 – Navigation Failure This week has been quite busy with a new enterprise targeting ransomware called Exorcist and attacks against large companies. The biggest news this week is the attack on Garmin who suffered a worldwide outage since July 23rd. Today, BleepingComputer has been able to confirm
Twitter Hackers Read Private Messages Of 36 High-Profile Accounts Twitter today admitted that the attackers behind last week’s incident read the private messages of 36 out of a total of 130 high-profile accounts targeted in the attack. Among these, the hackers also accessed the Twitter inbox of Geert Wilders, a Dutch elected official and the leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV). Twitter