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...PDT argued that the action was aimed at forcing a distressed sale and, when that failed, securing a ransom payment for access....
...US officials said they had recovered $2.3m from the ransom payment....
...The Biden administration on Monday opened up the debate over the merits of companies making ransom payments to cyber attackers....
...Colonial Pipeline has been shut since Friday after what the Federal Bureau of Investigation said was a ransom attack by a hacking group called DarkSide....
...The Colonial pipeline has been shut since Friday after what the FBI said was a ransom attack by a hacking group called DarkSide....
...Colonial’s chief executive Joseph Blount told The Wall Street Journal this week that paying a ransom of $4.4m was “the right thing to do for the country”....
...Fans of Michael Symmons Roberts will have Ransom in March (Jonathan Cape), while Kayo Chingonyi’s A Blood Condition is based on themes of inheritance (Chatto & Windus, April)....
...“Over-caution is perhaps the most costly behaviour we see among investors,” said Charlotte Ransom, founder and chief executive of Netwealth....
...One economist, writing in the FT this week, likened Brexit to a hostage situation, where Boris Johnson is the kidnapper, Ireland is the captive and the backstop is the ransom....
...“This is designed particularly to allow families economies of scale,” Ms Ransom said....
...In the US, online identity theft occurs every two seconds, according to Jennifer Walsmith, vice-president of Northrop Grumman and a former senior US intelligence official....
...“It seems as if Greece is now the hostage taker without any hostages and is demanding a ransom while holding the gun to its own head....
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