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Hackers preparing to launch ransomware attacks against hospitals arrested in Romania

Posted on May 15, 2020 by Dissent

Some good news for a change. Catalin Cimpanu reports:

Romanian law enforcement has cracked down today on a hacker group that was preparing to launch ransomware attacks on Romanian hospitals.

Three hackers were arrested and had their homes searched in Romania and a fourth in the Republic of Moldova.

Romanian authorities said the four were members of a hacking group that went online as PentaGuard.

Read more on ZDNet.

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