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Alliance of 40 Countries to Vow Not to Pay Ransom to Cybercriminals, US Says

SAN FRANCISCO—Forty countries in a U.S.-led alliance plan to sign a pledge never to pay ransom to cybercriminals and to work toward eliminating the hackers' funding mechanism, a senior White ...

October 31, 2023BY Reuters

Biden’s $6 Billion Iran Hostage Deal a ‘Blistering Humiliation’: Trump

Trump blasted Biden for the ransom deal with Iran which the former president claims will further embolden the ...

August 18, 2023BY Naveen Athrappully

Amsterdam Apple Shop Hostage-Taker Sought 200M-Euro Ransom

AMSTERDAM—A gunman who held a hostage for hours in the Apple Store in Amsterdam demanded a ransom of ...

February 23, 2022BY The Associated Press

Pakistan Police: 5 Suspected of Abducting Politician Killed

PAKISTAN—Pakistani counterterrorism police said Sunday they killed five people involved in the abduction for ransom and subsequent death ...

August 8, 2021BY The Associated Press

Kidnappers in Nigeria Demand Ransom to Release 80 Schoolchildren

KADUNA, Nigeria—Kidnappers are demanding a ransom of one million naira each to release around 80 children snatched from ...

August 4, 2021BY Reuters

Kidnapped Nigerian Students Freed After Ransom Paid: School, Parent

KADUNA, Nigeria–Six students and two officials who were kidnapped last month from a school in Nigeria's Kaduna state ...

July 10, 2021BY Reuters

US Recovers Most of Ransom Colonial Pipeline Paid to Hackers

The United States has seized most of the cryptocurrency paid to hackers that took hostage portions of Colonial ...

June 7, 2021BY Zachary Stieber

NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (May 13)

The Colonial Pipeline hackers were reportedly paid millions of dollars in ransom to regain control of the systems, a ...

May 13, 2021BY NTD Television

6-Year-Old Girl Kidnapped for Ransom Outside South Africa Primary School Is Returned

The 6-year-old girl who was wrenched from her mother's grip outside of her primary school gates by four ...

September 3, 2019BY Simon Veazey

Uganda Says Arrests Made for Kidnapping of American Tourist

KAMPALA, Uganda—Ugandan police say they have arrested some people over the kidnapping last week of an American tourist ...

April 9, 2019BY The Associated Press

7-Month-Old Boy Kidnapped, Held for Ransom, Then Murdered

A 7-month-old boy was kidnapped and murdered, according to a police announcement on March 13 from a local ...

March 26, 2019BY Daniel Holl

Mexican Businesswoman Beheaded After Family Fail to Pay Kidnap Ransom

A kidnaped Mexican businesswoman was beheaded and her corpse dumped in a black plastic bag with a taunting ...

February 19, 2019BY Simon Veazey

Chinese Man Kidnapped in LA, Held on $2M Ransom: FBI

The FBI is searching for a Chinese man who was kidnapped in the Los Angeles area and held ...

August 21, 2018BY Cathy Zhang

LA Hospital Pays 17K Ransom to Hackers to Regain Control of Its Computers

It was in the best interest of Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center to pay the ransom of 40 bitcoins, ...

February 17, 2016BY The Associated Press

Everything You Need to Know About Ransom Web Attacks

Think of a ransom DDoS attack as a kidnapping. The perpetrator has taken something of value from the ...

November 14, 2015BY Miguel Leiva-Gomez

2 Japanese Hostages: How Their Lives Got Intertwined

TOKYO—One is a freelance journalist respected for his reporting on refugees and children in war zones. The other ...

January 21, 2015BY Mari Yamaguchi

Over 50 Teens Kidnapped and Held for Ransom in Burma

According to the Yangtze Evening News, a local newspaper in Jiangsu Province, since last year approximate 50 Chinese ...

January 28, 2009BY Epoch Times Staff

Maritime Piracy on the Rise, An In-Depth Analysis

There's no national security apparatus that can impose control on these pirates. It's like the wild west.

November 23, 2008BY Joshua Philipp