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  2. To Pay or Not to Pay: A Case Study of Atlanta's Citywide ...

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    The recent ransomware attack against Atlanta has taken out city services for nearly a week. But the city thus far has not paid the ransom demanded by hackers. To Pay or Not to Pay: A Case Study of ...

  3. UK among countries to sign ransomware payments agreement - AOL

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    A group of more than 40 countries have signed an agreement pledging not to use central government funds to pay ransoms to cyber criminals.

  4. What is a ransomware attack? This expert says Tarrant ... - AOL

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    In the throes of a ransomware attack, the Tarrant County Appraisal District is mulling over whether to pay the hackers’ $700,000 ransom demand.. The Star-Telegram previously reported that the ...

  5. FBI MoneyPak Ransomware - Wikipedia

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    The FBI MoneyPak Ransomware, also known as Reveton Ransomware, is a ransomware that starts by purporting to be from a national police agency (like the American Federal Bureau of Investigation) and that they have locked the computer or smartphone due to "illegal activities" and demands a ransom payment via GreenDot MoneyPak cards in order to release the device.

  6. Ransomware - Wikipedia

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    The ransomware attack, unprecedented in scale, [106] infected more than 230,000 computers in over 150 countries, [107] using 20 different languages to demand money from users using Bitcoin cryptocurrency.

  7. LockBit - Wikipedia

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    LockBit is a cybercriminal group proposing ransomware as a service (RaaS). Software developed by the group (also called ransomware) enables malicious actors who are willing to pay for using it to carry out attacks in two tactics where they not only encrypt the victim's data and demand payment of a ransom, but also threaten to leak it publicly if their demands are not met.