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Cyber

Ransomware Remains Greatest International Cyber Threat, Europol Says

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, September 27th, 2017

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Ransomware Remains Greatest International Cyber Threat, Europol Says

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Ransomware remains the greatest cyber-dependent crime facing the international community, with world leaders urged to take action against a threat that has resulted in breaches affecting over 2 billion European Union (EU) citizen records in the last year, according a new Europol report. The EU policing agency released its 2017 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment report on Wednesday, where it detailed the surge in cyber crime, specifically attacks designed to block access to critical data until a ransom is paid."The…

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