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How the growing Russian ransomware threat is costing companies dear

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With KP Snacks the latest cyber-attack victim, firms must learn to defend themselves against a mounting menace The January snow lay thick on the Moscow ground, as masked officers of the FSB – Russia’s fearsome security agency – prepared to smash down the doors at one of 25 addresses they …

Insurers 'funding organised crime' by paying ransomware claims

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Exclusive: former cybersecurity chief calls for law change and warns situation is ‘close to getting out of control’ Insurers are inadvertently funding organised crime by paying out claims from companies who have paid ransoms to regain access to data and systems after a hacking attack, Britain’s former top …