(Natural News) The University of California San Francisco paid $1.14 million in bitcoin to hackers following a ransomware attack that took place earlier this month. The attack encrypted data on the university’s School of Medicine servers, rendering it inaccessible. The hackers initially demanded $3 million, but the university got them to agree to a lower […]

(Natural News) In case we needed another reminder of how terribly things can go wrong when we place too much trust in technology, an attack on the computers of a healthcare system in Wyoming forced a hospital to transfer patients and cancel surgeries. The problem was caused by a ransomware attack that took control of […]

(Natural News) A report by the European policing agency Europol has revealed that the proliferation of ransomware has topped other forms of cyber crime in 2017. According to the 80-page report, ransomware has outperformed other forms of cybercrime and has steadily impacted victims across multiple industries in both the public and private sectors. The policing agency has coordinated several successful […]

(Natural News) The more cyber security experts look into the weekend “ransomware” attack that targeted tens of thousands of computers in Europe and Asia using software stolen from the NSA, the more they believe that North Korea was behind the attacks. As reported by The New York Times, cadres of North Korean cyber “sleeper cells” […]

(Natural News) A day before a global ransomware attack crippled the National Health Service in Britain and struck Russian government offices as well as institutions in dozens of other countries, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order instructing federal department heads to focus on strengthening cybersecurity, with an eye toward protecting critical national infrastructure […]

(Natural News) The massive global ransomware attack that occured on Friday and which permeated governments, corporations and Britain’s entire National Health Service, was conducted with malware developed by – and stolen from – the U.S. National Security Agency. Known as “WannaCry,” the theft of the malware and its posting online has left many asking what […]