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German phone repair and insurance firm goes bankrupt after paying €200,000 to ransomware hackers despite reported revenue of 70 million


11% of the company's data was reportedly leaked.

After the hack, no computers or servers could boot, and all systems had been encrypted, including access to contracts, billing, and any stored communication. James is a more recent PC gaming convert, often admiring graphics cards, cases, and motherboards from afar. It was not until 2019, after just finishing a degree in law and media, that they decided to throw out the last few years of education, build their PC, and start writing about gaming instead.

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