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How the Kremlin provides a safe harbor for ransomware hackers In the US last year, ransomware struck more than 100 federal, state and municipal agencies, and more than 500 hospitals and other care centers By Frank Bajak / AP, BOSTON A global epidemic of digital extortion known as ransomware is crippling local governments, hospitals, school districts and businesses by scrambling their data files until they pay up. Law enforcement has been largely powerless to stop it. One big reason: Ransomwar...

US law enforcement and researchers point to Kremlin providing aid, protection to ransomware rackets Firstpost 2 hours ago The Associated Press © Provided by Firstpost US law enforcement and researchers point to Kremlin providing aid, protection to ransomware rackets A global epidemic of digital extortion known as ransomware is crippling local governments, hospitals, school districts and businesses by scrambling their data files until they pay up. Law enforcement has been la...

Apr 17, 2021 BOSTON (AP) — A global epidemic of digital extortion known as ransomware is crippling local governments, hospitals, school districts and businesses by scrambling their data files until they pay up. Law enforcement has been largely powerless to stop it. One big reason: Ransomware rackets are dominated by Russian-speaking cybercriminals who are shielded — and sometimes employed — by Russian intelligence agencies, according to security researchers, U.S. law enforcement, and now...

The value of Kremlin protection isn’t lost on the cybercriminals themselves. Earlier this year, a Russian-language dark-web forum lit up with criticism of a ransomware purveyor known only as “Bugatti,” whose gang had been caught in a rare US-Europol sting. The assembled posters accused him of inviting the crackdown with technical sloppiness and by recruiting non-Russian affiliates who might be snitches or undercover cops. Uncredited/AP Ukraine-born Maxsim Yukabets is co-leader of a cybe...

How the Kremlin provides a safe harbour for ransomware by Frank Bajak, The Associated Press Posted Apr 16, 2021 3:02 am EDT Last Updated Apr 16, 2021 at 3:14 am EDT BOSTON — A global epidemic of digital extortion known as ransomware is crippling local governments, hospitals, school districts and businesses by scrambling their data files until they pay up. Law enforcement has been largely powerless to stop it. One big reason: Ransomware rackets are dominated by Russian-speaking cybercriminals ...

How the Kremlin provides a safe harbor for ransomware FRANK BAJAK, AP Technology Writer April 16, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - A Russian man identified as Alexander Vinnik, center, is escorted by police officers from the courthouse at the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, in this Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, file photo. Vinnick, convicted of laundering $160 million in criminal proceeds through a cryptocurrency exchange, is currently imprisoned in France and might yield additional information...

7 hours ago NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cylera, the leading healthcare IoT (HIoT) cybersecurity and intelligence company, announced today that the American Hospital Association (AHA) has selected Cylera for the organization’s Preferred Cybersecurity Provider for hospitals and healthcare networks. Through this program, Cylera’s MedCommand™ Healthcare IoT Platform is now highly recommended by the AHA for its unique ability to create a contextually-aware foun...

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The new program launches during an escalating ransomware crisis worsened by the pandemic.

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