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While major ransomware attacks on private firms such as MGM Resorts dominated headlines, a rising number of schools, hospitals and local governments were also hit by hackers.
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A major cybersecurity company is urging governments to forbid all organizations in their countries from paying ransomware gangs, arguing it would at least make crooks shift from hitting critical infrastructure providers such as hospitals, utilities and schools. Emsisoft made the plea Monday in releasing final -- and record -- ransomware numbers for 2023 for the
There's usually a word or phrase that sums up my annual Cybersecurity Year in Review. "Lack of resilience" was 2022's theme, highlighting the Canada-wide outage at Rogers Communications. "A crazy mess" was 2021's theme, because of the SolarWinds Orion and other supply chain hacks. This year, successful ransomware attacks hit a record level. But for
A threat analyst for a cyber security company says hospitals are routinely being targeted for ransomware attacks.