With a young man in shorts strumming his guitar and desks littered with water bottles and coffee cups, it could be a scene from any trendy tech start-up firm. But this picture is believed to be the first from inside the lair of a so-called ransomware gang. The fast-growing crime involves hackers seizing control of an … Read more
FatFace paid £1.45m ransom to cyber hackers who put customer and employee details at risk in attack triggered by a dodgy email FatFace told shoppers and staff last week their details had been hacked At-risk information included names, addresses, bank details and NI numbers The attack took place on 17 January and used ransomware to … Read more
For a man who has set so much store throughout his political career on boosterism, Boris Johnson has been notably pessimistic about our emergence from the shadow of Covid. On Monday, he dramatically warned that a third wave of coronavirus will ‘wash up on our shores’ from Europe. It is certainly true that the news … Read more
Manchester United are being held to ransom for millions of pounds by cyber criminals who have crippled the club’s systems, Sportsmail can reveal. United have brought in a team of technical experts to contain the potentially ‘disastrous’ attack that was launched more than a week ago. But it’s understood the hackers still have United in … Read more
A new clue has emerged in the infamous DB Cooper plane hijacking case after a scientist discovered that part of the criminal’s $200,000 ransom money, which was buried on the riverbank near his drop zone, had been submerged in water several months after he landed. In November 1971, a ‘non-descript man’ identifying himself as Dan ‘DB’ … Read more
The computer networks of smartwatch and electronics firm Garmin have been offline for a fourth consecutive day after becoming the apparent victim of a ransomware attack affecting both its aviation and fitness app services. The company said on Twitter that its website and Garmin Connect fitness app had been offline since Thursday. It said the … Read more
My lightbulb moment: Lazy Flora founder Claire Ransom, reveals the inspiration behind her plant subscription box company Claire Ransom, 38, who lives in Nottingham, founded Lazy Flora in 2018 She revealed her inspiration came after living in an apartment with a balcony Lazy Flora’s orders have risen by more than 550 per cent in the … Read more
Back when I was an industrial correspondent in the Seventies and Eighties, we had a word for employees who refused to go to work. It was called a ‘strike’. The unions withdrew their labour and their members didn’t get paid. Most of the time, these strikes were over money, even though Britain was an economic … Read more