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Data Leak Strategy Fueling the Ransomware Economy

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In 2019, crooks shifted their focus to enterprises and pioneered in stealing data in addition to encrypting it, which turned these raids into an explosive mix of blackmail and breaches. Ransomware has gone through several game-changing milestones over the course of its decade-long evolution. However, the relief is illusory.

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THE CYBERWIRE DAILY PODCAST EP. 389 WITH GUEST SPEAKER DAVID BRUMLEY

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The CyberWire Daily podcast delivers the day's cyber security news into a concise format. The CyberWire Daily includes interviews with a wide spectrum of experts from industry, academia, and research organizations all over the world. Dave Bittner: [00:00:03] A contractor for Russia's FSB security agency was apparently breached.