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Garmin reportedly paid multi-million dollar ransom after suffering cyberattack 

Screenshot: Garmin Fitness brand Garmin paid millions of dollars in ransom after an attack took many of its products and services offline last month, Sky News reports. The payment was reportedly made through a ransomware negotiation company called Arete IR, in order for Garmin to recover data held hostage as a result of the attack. BleepingComputer reported […]

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Russian cyberattackers pose ‘urgent threat’ to British security, report finds 

“Russian influence in the U.K. is the new normal,” according to the report by Parliament’s intelligence and security committee.

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Russian hackers targeted data from COVID-19 vaccine trials 

U.S., U.K., and Canadian government officials claim Russian intelligence is carrying out cyberattacks in an effort to steal coronavirus vaccine research.

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FBI chief slams Chinese cyberattacks on U.S., calls it ‘one of the largest transfers of wealth in human history’ 

Wray’s comments come on the heels of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s threat to ban TikTok as well as other Chinese social media apps citing national security concerns.

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