The company confirmed to AP on Wednesday it “recently became aware of the indirect release of a limited amount of company data which was held by third-party contractors.” The contractor was not identified, and it was unclear whether the data was obtained through hacking or leaking or some other way. …
Read More »Top US meat processor admits it paid $11 MILLION in bitcoin as ransom to hackers to prevent further disruptions
“It was very painful to pay the criminals, but we did the right thing for our customers,” Andre Nogueira, the CEO of JBS USA Holdings Inc, told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. He added that the ransom payment was made after the majority of JBS plants had resumed operations. …
Read More »US says it seized $2.3 million in bitcoin from ransom Colonial Pipeline paid to ‘Russia-based’ hackers
With cooperation from Colonial, the DOJ got a warrant in a federal court in California and successfully “found and recaptured the majority of the ransom” from a bitcoin wallet, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced on Monday. It was the first seizure of this kind ever, she said. Colonial’s CEO admitted …
Read More »Colonial Pipeline CEO confirms paying $4.4 million ransom to hackers, says he did it for America
Giving in to the demands of the blackmailers was “a highly controversial decision,” Blount told the Wall Street Journal in his first interview since the devastating cyberattack on May 7, which saw Colonial Pipeline losing access to its computer systems. He said he authorized the payment of the ransom by …
Read More »Foreigners in broad daylight, kidnapped a seventeen year old guy for ransom
The incident occurred in the solar Odessa. The Odessa law enforcement authorities detained a group of foreigners who were kidnapped 17-year-old boy and demanded from the father for the return of the child to ransom. Three kidnappers are foreigners, studying in Odessa. About it reported in Department of communications of …
Read More »In Kharkov, the bandits escaped with a huge ransom
Criminals kidnapped the man. In Kharkov unknown kidnapped man. The bandits forced the VAZ Kharkov and taken away. About this Timeline.info told in a press-service GU of the National police of Ukraine in Kharkiv region. Soon the criminals called the friend of men kidnapped and demanded a ransom. After the …
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