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2020-07-28 21:40:42

A trend of hackers demanding privacy-focused cryptocurrencies as payment may be forming

Quick TakeIn the past month, an Australian drink manufacturer and Telecom Argentina S.A have both been victims to ransomware attacks that demanded Monero.These ransoms of demanding Monero may be one-off events, or it is the beginning of a new trend of illicit actors demanding cryptocurrencies that are private by default. 

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