Is Canvas still hacked - what is a data breach? The shocking Canvas cyberattack timelineWhat really happened in the Canvas data breach? Hackers allegedly accessed 275 million student records, exposing education’s dangerous hidd...
08 May, 2026, 06.25 PM IST
Universities around the world scramble after cyberattack disrupts student portalsA significant cyberattack on the Canvas learning platform has disrupted academic operations at numerous universities across the US, Austral...
08 May, 2026, 10.27 AM IST
Nancy Guthrie case update: 3 months later, the case still hinges on unanswered questions—here's what to knowThree months after Nancy Guthrie's abduction from her Arizona home, her whereabouts and captors remain unknown. Authorities are actively in...
02 May, 2026, 02.24 PM IST
Majority of Indian firms hit by ransomware in 2025 pay over Rs 12 crore on average: ReportAs per the report findings, India has emerged as the Asia-Pacific epicentre of ransomware activity, with manufacturing organisations witnes...
15 Apr, 2026, 10.35 PM IST
Is the Nancy Guthrie case update 2026 revealing a simpler truth than investigators suggest— here’s what new evidence, surveillance footage, and ransom clues revealThe Nancy Guthrie case update 2026 now centers on one hard fact: an 84-year-old vanished, and confirmed blood evidence was found at her hom...
15 Apr, 2026, 07.05 AM IST
UPI, IMPS, retail payments of some banks temporarily unavailable due to ransomware attack on tech-providerUPI payments: Ransomware attack on C-Edge Tecnologies who manages systems of certain specified banks. As per NPCI's advisory note, "To prev...
02 Aug, 2024, 02.39 PM IST
RansomEXX ransomware strikes Indian banks: CloudSEKA ransomware attack by the RansomEXX group has disrupted India's banking system and payment firms, affecting around 300 small-sized lenders...
01 Aug, 2024, 03.36 PM IST
Crypto ransom attack payments hit record $1 billion in 2023: ChainalysisPayments from crypto-related ransom attacks nearly doubled to a record $1 billion in 2023, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis said on We...
07 Feb, 2024, 08.23 PM IST
Crypto ransom attack payments hit record $1 billion in 2023: reportScammers targeting institutions such as hospitals, schools and government offices for ransom pocketed $1.1 billion last year, compared with...
07 Feb, 2024, 08.06 PM IST
Alliance of 40 countries to vow not to pay ransom to cybercriminals: USIn ransomware attacks, hackers encrypt an organisation's systems and demand ransom payments in exchange for unlocking them. Often they also...
31 Oct, 2023, 04.38 PM IST
$400 million to Iran was nothing but ransom: Trump campaignThe top GOP leadership and the Trump campaign was quick in criticising the Obama Administration alleging that the US paid ransom for releas...
19 Aug, 2016, 09.49 AM IST
Obama just announced a telling shift in how the US handles hostage cases"When it comes to hostages we don't' just recognize the family or the individual good," "We need to place the good of the nation higher."
25 Jun, 2015, 12.55 PM IST
ISIS demanded a $132 million ransom payment before it killed James FoleyThe demand was made during an initial period of communication with Jim's captors from November to December of 2013.
22 Aug, 2014, 03.38 PM IST
- 6 kidnapped sailors, including Indians, released in Nigeria
Six sailors, including two Indians, kidnapped from an oil service ship off the coast of Nigeria have been released unharmed
27 Feb, 2013, 10.22 AM IST
- Hawala channels used to fund sea piracy ransom ops: FATF
The 'hawala' route of illegal money transactions is being used to pay ransom for rescuing ship crews from pirates, including those from Som...
07 Aug, 2011, 10.27 AM IST
- Need a standard solution for insuring international commodity traffic
Sometime back one large vessel and the crew were captured at Gulf of Aden and negotiations started shortly thereafter.
03 Jun, 2011, 06.01 AM IST
- Piracy syndicates selling shares to finance attacks, says US Navy Chief
Piracy syndicates are selling shares in planned attacks, fueled by a surge of ransom payments that help attract investors, the US Navy Chie...
23 Apr, 2011, 04.41 AM IST