U.K. ham radio operators are the target of a phishing scam asking them to open a malware-infected attachment purportedly from Ofcom Spectrum Licensing.
The Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission just reported that last month it was the victim of a ransomware attack and was asked to pay 500 Bitcoins to release 15,000 impacted files.
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) issued an alert about extortion campaigns that threaten businesses with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack unless a ransom is paid.
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