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IT: Radio Azzurra hit by cyberattack, ransom demand

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Dissent

Luca Mattioli reports (translated):

Yes, the virus has also hit… “Radio Azzurra”. We are certainly not talking about Covid, but much more simply – so to speak – of a real cyber attack that the historic Novara radio station was the victim of yesterday.

«In forty-five years of activity I have seen many – admits Ugo Ponzio, owner of“ Radio Azzurra ”disconsolately – but I would not have expected this too. It all happened because I needed to download an application extension and trying to open the generated file I saw myself asking for sums of money (hundreds of dollars, ed) to get out of it… ».

Read more on La Voce di Novara

h/t, @Chum1ng0

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