Ransomware Struck Teamsters in 2019, but They Refused to Pay

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When Teamsters became the target of a ransomware attack on Labor Day 2019, hackers demanded a seven-figure ransom, says NBC News.  

Unlike many other organizations that have been the target of high-profile ransomware attacks in recent months, the union refused to pay, according to three people familiar with the previously disclosed cyberattack. 

“They locked down the entire system and said if we paid them they would give us the encryption code to unlock it,” said one of the sources, who spoke to NBC News on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the incident. 

Up to the present day, the union organization kept the hack hidden from the public. This points to a truth that cybersecurity experts believe lies beneath the surface of recent high-profile attacks: An unknown number of comp…

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