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The Morning After: A ransomware gang is demanding $50 million from Acer – Yahoo Finance Australia
Acer is reportedly suffering a ransomware attack, and we’re taking a look at the future of Twitter.
On Friday night, The Record and Bleeping Computer reported that PC manufacturer Acer has been hit by a ransomware attack on its back-office network. According to information theyve seen posted on the dark web, the REvil ransomware gang is demanding $50 million to decrypt its computers and delete stolen data instead of leaking it.
Acer has not publicly admitted that there is an attack going on, only that it has reported recent abnormal situations to law enforcement. If it needs an example of what…
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