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  2. Ryuk (ransomware) - Wikipedia

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    Ryuk is a type of ransomware known for targeting large, public-entity Microsoft Windows cybersystems. It typically encrypts data on an infected system, rendering the data inaccessible until a ransom is paid in untraceable bitcoin. [1] Ryuk is believed to be used by two or more criminal groups, most likely Russian, who target organizations ...

  3. List of security hacking incidents - Wikipedia

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    Altogether, the attacks caused victims to lose more than $30 million, in addition to the ransom payments. Marriott disclosed that its Starwood Hotel brand had been subject to a security breach. 2019. March: Jackson County computer systems in the U.S. state of Georgia are seized by hackers with ransomware, they paid $400,000 in ransom.

  4. REvil - Wikipedia

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    REvil. REvil ( Ransomware Evil; also known as Sodinokibi) was a Russia-based [1] or Russian-speaking [2] private ransomware -as-a-service (RaaS) operation. [3] After an attack, REvil would threaten to publish the information on their page Happy Blog unless the ransom was received.

  5. Jigsaw (ransomware) - Wikipedia

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    Jigsaw is a form of encrypting ransomware malware created in 2016. It was initially titled "BitcoinBlackmailer", but later came to be known as "Jigsaw" due to featuring an image of Billy the Puppet from the Saw film franchise. [1] The malware encrypts computer files and gradually deletes them, demanding payment of a ransom to decrypt the files ...

  6. Roblox - Wikipedia

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    There are a sizable amount of scams relating to Roblox, largely revolving around automated messages promoting scam websites, scam games designed to appear to give out free Robux, and invalid Robux codes. In the Roblox community, there are people known as "beamers" who compromise Roblox accounts to steal and sell their items on black markets.

  7. Lockbit - Wikipedia

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    LockBit is a cybercriminal group proposing ransomware as a service (RaaS). Software developed by the group (also called ransomware) enables malicious actors who are willing to pay for using it to carry out attacks in two tactics where they not only encrypt the victim's data and demand payment of a ransom, but also threaten to leak it publicly if their demands are not met.

  8. John Crowe Ransom - Wikipedia

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    John Crowe Ransom was born on April 30, 1888, in Pulaski, Tennessee. His father, John James Ransom (1853–1934) was a Methodist minister. His mother was Sara Ella (Crowe) Ransom (1859–1947). He had two sisters, Annie Phillips and Ella Irene, and one brother, Richard.

  9. Ransom Everglades School - Wikipedia

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    Ransom Everglades Upper School's Harry H. Anderson Gymnasium. Ransom Everglades School is an independent, non-profit, co-educational, college-preparatory day school serving grades six to twelve in Coconut Grove in Miami, Florida. It formed with the merger in 1974 of the Everglades School for Girls and the Ransom School for Boys.