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Why Crime Could Kill Crypto – WSJ

By Securities Docket on June 18, 2021, 9:56 am

One approach might be to make it harder to use or transfer cryptocurrency once stolen, much like suitcases filled with $1 million in cash are difficult to actually spend without getting noticed. The Biden administration is proposing to adopt the same requirement for crypto that all businesses have when they are paid more than $10,000 […]

Posted in Industry, Top | Tagged Ransomware

How the FBI Got Colonial Pipeline’s Ransom Money Back – WSJ

By Securities Docket on June 11, 2021, 9:43 am

After Colonial Pipeline Co. on May 8 paid roughly $4.4 million in cryptocurrency to hackers holding its computer systems hostage, the Federal Bureau of Investigation followed the digital money. Over the next 19 days, court records show, a special agent watched on a publicly visible bitcoin ledger as hackers transferred the 75 bitcoins to other […]

Posted in Industry, Regulation, Top | Tagged Bitcoin, Ransomware

Ransomware mentioned in 1,000+ SEC filings over the past year | ZDNet

By Securities Docket on May 4, 2020, 8:45 am

A growing number of public companies are now listing ransomware as a forward-looking risk factor in documents filed with the US Securities Exchange Commission. More than 1,000 documents mentioning ransomware as a risk factor have been filed over the last 12 months, and more than 700 in 2020 alone, with the number expected to easily […]

Posted in SEC, Top | Tagged Ransomware

Ransomware Gangs Now Outing Victim Businesses That Don’t Pay Up — Krebs on Security

By Securities Docket on December 17, 2019, 11:08 am

As if the scourge of ransomware wasn’t bad enough already: Several prominent purveyors of ransomware have signaled they plan to start publishing data stolen from victims who refuse to pay up. To make matters worse, one ransomware gang has now created a public Web site identifying recent victim companies that have chosen to rebuild their […]

Posted in Industry, Top | Tagged Ransomware

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