Ransomware

Thai hospitals and business hit by ransomware

Lilia Guan

Organisations received ransom demands . Global media reports Thai hospitals and businesses have been hit by hackers. According to Reuters “Government hospitals and companies were hacked in the same manner as Saraburi Hospital,” Major General Phanthana Nutchanart, said, referring to a cyberattack earlier this month. The Business Times reported some…

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Sophos: Companies pay average of US$1.4M in ransom to cyber criminals

Lilia Guan

Paying ransomware doubles the cost of dealing with a ransomware attack, without paying It costs global organisations US$1.4 million, when they pay ransom to cyber criminals, nearly twice as much addressing the impact of a ransomware attack that isn’t paid, according to Sophos’ recently released The State of Ransomware 2020…

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