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Cryptopolitan 2019-11-12 20:55:16

$800,000 worth Bitcoin ransom demand from Spanish radio

In the latest Bitcoin ransom attack, the largest radio network of Spain Cadena SER (Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión) had been infected by ransomware. The hackers behind the attack it have been demanding Bitcoin ransom worth €750,000 ($827,000) worth in order to decrypt the system. The Bitcoin ransom attacks are increasingly popular among cyber terrorists. Bitcoin ransom attack from BitPaymer As per the report, the problem could be related to the largest IT Company of Spain Everis, which was also hit by ransomware. Previously, Everis was hit with the ransomware BitPaymer, however; the ransomware strain that had hit SER is still

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