A dangerous internet ransomware virus called' Akira' has emerged, raising concerns among

by Daniel M. GersteinThe recent cyber ransomware attack provides important opportunities for

organizations, is seen in Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, in this 2019 file photo.... In ransomware attacks, internal

The inside of a computer is shown Feb 23, 2019, in Jersey City, New Jersey.... Victims get a decoder key when they pay up. The Swedish grocery chain Coop said most of its 800 stores would be closed for a second day Sunday because their cash register software supplier was crippled.... A Swedish pharmacy chain, gas station chain, the state railway and public broadcaster SVT were also hit.In Germany, an unnamed IT services company told authorities several thousand of its customers were compromise

DALLAS: It was the start of a steamy Friday two Augusts ago when Jason Whisler settled in for a working breakfast at the Coffee Ranch restaurant in the Texas Panhandle city of Borger.... Over the next several days, residents couldn’t pay water bills, the government couldn’t process payroll, police officers couldn’t retrieve certain records.... The AP also learned new details about the attack’s scope and victims, including an Air Force base where access to a law enforcement database was interru

TOKYO – A 25-year-old man was found guilty on Oct 25 of creating a computer virus through the use

.... A Virginia legislative branch agency was struck by a ransomware attack, according to the office of

WASHINGTON— Two suspected hackers accused of ransomware attacks resulting in 5, 000 infections have

environment were encrypted with ransomware, and that certain office and operational networks were disrupted

package as a conduit to spread the ransomware through cloud-service providers.... It said the attack