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An IT researcher shows on a giant screen a computer infected by ransomware at the LHS (High Security Laboratory) of the INRIA (National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation) in Rennes, France on November 3, 2016. Ransomware attacks on high value U.S. targets is becoming increasingly more common according to cybersecurity analysts.

Ransomware Group Holds DC Police Informant Data Hostage After Security Breach

Hackers breached the computer systems of Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), obtaining sensitive data on some of the department’s police informants. According to April 26 reports, the group responsible threatened to release the information if...

Cameron warned about the UK facing the threat of Chinese tech ambitions.

‘Be Clear-Eyed,’ UK Cyber Security Chief Warns about China’s Tech Ambitions

Lindy Cameron, the new head of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), recently warned in a speech at Queen’s University that the country needs to be “clear-eyed” about the potential tech threats posed by...