The Week in Ransomware – November 13th 2020 – Extortion gone wild

From bleepingcomputer.com

Extortion

There were not many known large ransomware attacks this week, but we have seen ransomware operations evolving their tactics to extort their victims further.

The largestĀ attack this week was against Tawainese laptop maker Compal, who was hit by DoppelPaymer. The threat actors are demanding $17 million to receive a decryptor and not to leak stolen files.

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