Wintry nights many people like to visit one of the many Christmas Markets that have popped up across the country some however answer them with a feeling of dread because it was one year ago that a major terrorist attack was carried out on a bustling Christmas Market and brylin a truck plowed into a crowd leaving twelve people dead and over seventy injured a year after that horrible incident the memory of that night remains fresh for many especially for those who lost loved ones while debate over how police and politicians handled the event continues to rage many of the victims families feel abandoned by the system that was supposed to protect them polish citizen janina urban lost her son he was murdered by the assailant who hijacked his vehicle to carry out the atrocity. Yanina orban has brought fresh candles for her sons grave truck driver luca was the first to die last year in the terrorist attack on a berlin Christmas Market. Visiting the graveyard in bunnie poland has become a sad
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Dutch Research Council (NWO) confirms ransomware attack, data leak
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The recent cyberattack that forced the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to take its servers offline and suspend grant allocation processes was caused by the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang.
The hackers gained access to NWO’s network on February 8 and stole internal documents, threatening with leaking them unless the organization paid a ransom.
No dime for DoppelPaymer
Since NWO does not cooperate with cybercriminals, DoppelPaymer published proof of the stolen internal data on their leak site. This tactic is typical to ransomware gangs and the purpose is to pressure victims into paying the ransom.
Feb. 25, 2021 , 4:05 PM
Hackers published a batch of internal documents from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) on the dark web yesterday, after the agency refused to pay up in a ransomware attack. The attack, which began on 8 February, has completely knocked out the agency’s grant application and review process and cut off NWO’s communication with applicants, grantees, and universities.
Ransomware attacks on organizations, companies, and even hospitals have become increasingly common, and some institutions have decided that paying is the easiest way to get computer systems back up or prevent the release of confidential data. NWO refused to do so. “On fundamental grounds, NWO, as part of the Dutch governmental institutions, isn’t willing to pay ransom,” the agency said in a statement yesterday. “Although NWO highly regrets the unfortunate situation of sensitive personnel documents being spread … NWO will not alter its position.” The funder sa