The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a warning to companies that help make ransomware payments; you could face civil penalties. “Companies that facilitate ransomware payments to cyber actors on behalf of victims, including financial institutions, cyber insurance firms,…
Ransomware continues to be a massive problem for businesses and governments, and when hackers take data hostage, organizations are turning to negotiators. The negotiators attempt to scale down the hackers’ financial demands, arrange the cryptocurrency payments, and help with data…
The first reported death from a cyberattack occurred in Germany last month. According to reports, a ransomware attack crashed 30 servers at University Hospital Düsseldorf, forcing the facility to turn away emergency patients. A woman died from treatment delays when…
