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PandaBuy pays ransom to hacker only to get extorted again (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Are ransom attacks on the rise in recent months? Any sites that track these sort of things?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Anecdotally, the Seattle Public Library is currently recovering from a ransomware attack and still has major systems offline. Of all targets, a public library is a pretty major low.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Closest I can think of would be haveibeenpwned.