HBO hackers return with exec emails and a ransom demand

After hitting the headlines last week, the hackers responsible for the HBO data breach are back. And, this time they’re demanding a ransom. On Monday, the group leaked internal emails, and multiple documents relating to Game of Thrones — including a detailed summary of the upcoming episode, due to air this Sunday. In a video […]

Game of Thrones: Hackers demand HBO pay MILLIONS in ransom for stolen data

The hackers, who are reportedly using the name ‘Mr Smith’, are demanding HBO pay a ransom worth millions of dollars to prevent further releases. They have already leaked some stolen files online which include a month’s worth of emails from HBO’s vice president for film programming a script summary from an upcoming episode of Game […]

Ransom paid for British banker held by Al-Qaeda in Mali for 6yrs

Published time: 4 Aug, 2017 08:56 A British banker held by a Malian wing of al-Qaeda for six years has been freed after a reported £3.2 million (US$ 4.2 million) ransom was paid. Stephen McGown was captured from his hotel in Timbuktu in 2011 while on a motorcycle trip across the continent. He was planning […]

DMCA takedown removes River City Ransom Underground from Steam

Enlarge River City Ransom Underground was removed from Steam late last week, part of an unfolding legal drama surrounding a composer who has been directing DMCA copyright-infringement takedowns at games she says don’t have the rights to her music. Conatus’ Andrew Russell, one of the developers of River City Ransom Underground, said in a short statement that “we are […]

Ed Woodward wary of Real Madrid: He thinks Man Utd could be held to ransom for Morata

United want Morata because their top target Romelu Lukaku is joining Chelsea. But Woodward thinks Bernabeu chiefs could try and strong-arm him i transfer talks. He thinks the fact United refused to sell David De Gea could go against him. So he will make one last bid of £60m to try and lure the Spain […]

More people infected by recent WCry worm can unlock PCs without paying ransom

Enlarge (credit: Ed Westcott / American Museum of Science and Energy) New hope glimmered on Friday for people hit by last week’s virulent ransomware worm after researchers showed that a broader range of PCs infected by WCry can be unlocked without owners making the $ 300 to $ 600 payment demand. A new publicly available […]

Windows XP PCs infected by WCry can be decrypted without paying ransom

Enlarge (credit: Adrien Guinet) Owners of some Windows XP computers infected by the WCry ransomware may be able to decrypt their data without making the $ 300 to $ 600 payment demand, a researcher said Thursday. Adrien Guinet, a researcher with France-based Quarkslab, has released software that he said allowed him to recover the secret […]

Disney hack: Leak fears as Pirates of the Caribbean 5 ‘stolen and held for ransom’

Despite signs last night appearing to point towards Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi being the film at the centre of the scandal, reports now seem to agree that it is the latest swashbuckler starring Johnny Depp. Bob Iger was said by The Hollywood Reporter to have told those at an ABC meeting that […]

Hackers seize unreleased Disney film, demand ‘huge’ Bitcoin ransom – report

Published time: 16 May, 2017 03:19 The latest movies in the Disney franchises “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Cars” are set to hit the big screen this summer, but Disney CEO Bob Iger is reportedly warning that hackers are holding an unreleased Disney film for ransom, to be paid in Bitcoin. Read more During a […]