The staggering sum of US $75 million has reportedly been paid to a ransomware gang in what is believed to be the largest known ransom payment made by a cyber attack victim since records began. Researchers at Zscaler claim in a new report that the record-breaking figure was paid by an undisclosed Fortune 50 company to the Dark Angels ransomware group. The reported payment almost doubles the previous record - $40 million paid by insurance giant CNA Financial in 2021 after being locked out of its network by attackers using the Phoenix Locker ransomware. Dark Angels, which emerged in May 2022, has...
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