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Authorities in Johannesburg are holding firm in their refusal to pay a ransom of 4 Bitcoin to hackers who targeted municipal systems last week.In a statement posted to its official Twitter handle on Oct. 28, the Johannesburg city council confirmed the attack had affected services that included billing, property
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Hackers have compromised the website of the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, and demanded ransom in Bitcoins (BTC).The city announced the hack on its official Twitter account on Oct. 25. The city wrote that it had “detected a network breach which resulted in unauthorised access to its information systems.”
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A compromised version of the Tor browser has targeted Russian-speaking users, spied on them while they were roaming the dark web, and stole their Bitcoin(BTC)trade funds as they were attempting to purchase with BTC on dark web markets.The infected Tor browser reportedly switched the Bitcoin address to which users were
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Threat researchers have discovered malicious code in WAV audio files, code that hackers use to mine cryptocurrencies.Hackers earn thousand of dollars per monthOn Oct. 16, researchers at BlackBerry Cylance, a software company that develops anti-virus programs, reported the discovery of malicious code hidden within WAV audio files. This type
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The online processes of Jerez de la Frontera, a city of more than 200k inhabitants located in southern Spain, have been crippled by a severe ransomware attack. The hackers are demanding an undisclosed amount in bitcoin and Spanish authorities are yet to pay the ransom and have instead deployed three
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