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Ransomware gangs hijack 7,000 Exchange servers first hit by Chinese hackers

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Now organizations using Microsoft Exchange have a new security headache: never-before seen ransomware that’s being installed on thousands of servers that were already infected by state-sponsored hackers in China. Microsoft reported the new family of ransomware deployment late Thursday, saying that it was being deployed after the initial compromise of servers. […]

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China’s and Russia’s spying spree will take years to unpack

Enlarge First it was SolarWinds, a reportedly Russian hacking campaign that stretches back almost a year and has felled at least nine US government agencies and countless private companies. Now it’s Hafnium, a Chinese group that’s been attacking a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server to sneak into victims’ email inboxes and beyond. The collective toll […]