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Voice of America: Ransomware moves from ‘economic nuisance’ to national security threat

Published May 23, 2021. Updated May 23 at 6:29 am

An IT researchers shows on a giant screen a computer infected by a ransomware at the LHS (High Security Laboratory) of the INRIA (National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation) in Rennes, on Nov. 3, 2016.

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The recent cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline, the operator of the largest petroleum pipeline in the U.S., shows how internet criminals are increasingly targeting companies and organizations for ransom in what officials and experts term a growing national security threat.