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JBS paid $11 million to REvil ransomware out of $22.5M requested

Security Affairs

The beef producer JBS has admitted to have paid an $11 million ransom to the REvil ransomware gang after the group initially demanded $22.5 The meat processing giant JBS confirmed it paid the REvil ransomware gang $11 million in bitcoins to decrypt its files following the attack that took place at the end of May. of attacks.

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2021 cyber security review of the year

IT Governance

The cyber security landscape offered similarly familiar topics: there were huge data breaches at Facebook and LinkedIn, while the threat of ransomware reached catastrophic levels. However, it was the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline that brought mainstream attention to the real-life effects of ransomware.

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