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German charity refuses to comply with Bitcoin ransomware demand — hackers attempt to extort hunger-fighting group for over $2 million
Here's the regularly scheduled reminder that no amount of stock imagery featuring shadowy figures in black hoodies and Guy Fawkes masks can make cybercriminals seem cool: A ransomware-as-a-service group is reportedly looking to sell information stolen from Welthungerhilfe, or "World Hunger Help," in exchange for 20 bitcoin. The Record today reports that the ransomware group "recently listed the charity on its darknet leak site" and that "although it is not clear whether WHH’s computer networks have also been encrypted," the German nonprofit has said "it would not be making an extortion payment to the criminals ... (full story)
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