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In his Ransom Note, Richard Ransom discusses about events that are happening over the weekend and how it's just like it was before the pandemic.

>> the sophistication of these attacks has not changed. a whole lot, chris. the ability to go in and encrypt data and demand a ransom has been done for decades. we have not seen those attacks decades ago because to do them successfully before you had to leave a ransom note that would say please wire the money to this bank account and of course that would be easily traceable, you would be identified, law enforcement would be on your tail. nowadays you can say please transfer money to my bitcoin wallet and no one knows who owns that bitcoin wallet. as a result, it has really generated this explo...

States themselves, the militaries and intelligence services of these countries or the criminals that operate within their borders. some of those criminals may have no affiliation with the government, as many of those ransomware crews do not have an affiliation with the russian government, but the russian government is aware that they are often rating, they know where they are and choose not to arrest them and not to prosecute them. so in a way they are providing safe harbor to them just like the taliban was providing safe harbor to al qaeda before 9/11. >> you say cryptocurrency changed the ga...

Millions of people use cameras on smartphones, and that could help change the world. Author: Richard Ransom Updated: 10:31 PM CDT April 20, 2021 MEMPHIS, Tennessee — In Tuesday’s Ransom Note: the power of smartphones. They can do so much, but the cameras they’re equipped with may be their lasting legacy. Do you think Derek Chauvin would be a convicted killer tonight if not for the videos showing every painful second he took George Floyd's life from him? It’s not just the Floyd case but so many other videos in recent years, all exposing mistreatment by p...