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Hacked businesses and organisations who paid huge ransoms to cybercriminals

A very curious cryptocurrency theft
Los Angeles Community College District: $28,000 (£20k)
Hancock Health: $55,000 (£39k)
Park DuValle Community Health Center: $70,000 (£49k)
Stratford, Ontario: $71,000 (£50k)
NEO Urology: $75,000 (£53k)
Uber: $100,000 (£71k)
La Porte County, Indiana: $130,000 (£92k)
Maastricht University: $220,000 (£155k)
Florence, Alabama: nearly $300,000 (£211k)
Tillamook County, Oregon: $300,000 (£211k)
Mystery Canadian company: $335,000 (£236k)
Cartersville, Georgia: $380,000 (£268k)
Jackson County, Georgia: $400,000 (£282k)
University of Utah: $457,059 (£322k)
Delaware County, Pennsylvania: $500,000 (£352k)
CPI: $500,000 (£352k)
Lake City, Florida: $500,000 (£352k)
Riviera Beach City, Florida: $594,000 (£420k)
University Hospital, New Jersey $670,000 (£473k)
Mystery Canadian insurance company: $950,000 (£670k)
Nayana: $1 million (£705k)
UCSF: $1.14 million (£804k)
FatFace: $2 million (£1.45m)
Colonial Pipeline: $2.1 million (£1.5m)
Travelex: $2.3 million (£1.6m)
Brenntag: $4.4 million (£3.1m)
CWT Global: $4.5 million (£3.2m)
Mystery Austrian company: $4.9 million (£3.5m)
Garmin: $10 million (£7.1m)
JBS: $11 million (£7.8m)
Mystery company: $34 million (£24m)
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A very curious cryptocurrency theft

Since February 2021, EU law enforcement agency Europol has arrested five members of REvil, a Russian cybercriminal gang also known as Sodinokibi. According to Reuters, REvil has made over $570 million (£425m) through ransomeware attacks. That's around $220 million (£164m) more than the total amount extorted in 2020. But although the world's law enforcers are cracking down on REvil, they're far from the only cybercriminals out there – and hackers have left businesses reeling all over the globe. From JBS to Colonial Pipeline, read on to see the big businesses and organisations that paid thousands, and even millions, to end a ransomeware attack.

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17 November 2021

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