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                                <title><![CDATA[ Russian hackers account for most 2021 ransomware schemes, US says ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2022 01:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Out of 793 ransomware incidents reported in the second half of 2021, 75% 'had a nexus to Russia, its proxies, or persons acting on its behalf,' reports say. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US authorities disclose ransomware attacks against water facilities ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2021 05:43:25 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The alert from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency cited a series of apparently unrelated hacking incidents from September 2020 to August 2021 that used at least three different strains of ransomware. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Nations reveal ransomware pain at US-led summit ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2021 01:02:35 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The US has convened some 30 countries – with the notable exception of Russia – to boost cooperation in fighting the costly and disruptive attacks that have boomed around the world. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Ukrainian extradited to US for ‘trafficking’ computer passwords ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2021 02:23:23 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Ivanov-Tolpintsev controlled a network of computers infected with malware without their owners' knowledge – and used it to decrypt their access codes. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Ransomware gang websites vanish after Biden pressures Putin ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2021 00:40:31 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The disappearance comes after a series of high-profile ransomware attacks hit major US businesses this year. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ FBI warns of large ‘scale’ in US ransomware attack ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2021 00:39:12 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The FBI has opened an investigation along with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and other US federal agencies 'to understand the scope of the threat'. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ FBI hacks hackers’ bitcoin wallet, steals back most of pipeline ransom ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:22:35 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Stealing back a ransom shows how far the US is willing to go to deter cyber-criminals. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Vital US fuel pipeline shut down in ransom cyber-attack ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 08:25:07 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Colonial Pipeline carries more than 100 million gallons of gasoline and other fuel daily from Houston, Texas, to the New York Harbor. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ International police boffins take down ‘most dangerous botnet’ ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 01:38:46 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The malware enabled international criminals to access financial details and other lucrative personal information. ]]></description>
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