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West Haven falls victim to ‘ransomware’ cyberattack, pays $2000 in Bitcoin to regain access to servers

  1. West Haven falls victim to ‘ransomware’ cyberattack, pays $ 2000 in Bitcoin to regain access to servers  New Haven Register
  2. West Haven City Hall falls victim to ransomware attack  WFSB
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How West Virginia Is Trying to Build Hacker-Proof Voting

The Russians aren’t going to attack us,’” the state’s chief election official, Secretary of State Mac Warner, said in an interview … a specific probe comes from a government, a live hacker intent on doing harm, or a computer program that is …
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Could Russia and West be heading for cyber-war?

  1. Could Russia and West be heading for cyber-war?  BBC News
  2. The US should brace now for Russia’s next cyberattack  The Hill
  3. Russia Steps Up Hacking, Spurring Rare US-UK Warning on Risk  Bloomberg
  4. If Russia launches a cyber attack on the UK, this is what we can do  The Independent
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North Korea’s Unit 180: the cyber warfare cell that worries the West – Arab News


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North Korea's Unit 180: the cyber warfare cell that worries the West
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Cyber security researchers have also said they have found technical evidence that could link North Korea with the global WannaCry “ransomware” cyberattack that infected more than 300,000 computers in 150 countries this month. Pyongyang has called the …

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