Dutch Research Council (NWO) confirms ransomware attack, data leak
Dutch Research Council (NWO) confirms ransomware attack, data leak By 01:30 PM The recent cyberattack that forced the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to take its servers offline and suspend grant allocation processes was caused by the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang. The hackers gained access to NWO’s network on February 8 and stole internal documents, threatening with leaking them unless the organization paid a ransom. No dime for DoppelPaymer Since NWO does not cooperate with cybercriminals, DoppelPaymer published proof of the stolen internal data on their leak site. This tactic is typical t...
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