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Hackers Threaten to Leak Planned Parenthood Data
Plus: Kaspersky’s US business sold, Nigerian sextortion scammers jailed, and Europe’s controversial encryption plans return.
Dubbed Cadet Blizzard, the hacking team is said to have carried out attacks against Ukraine using destructive Whispergate malware, defaced Ukrainian government websites, and leaked information while posing as a hacktivist group. It is unclear what, if anything, the ransomware group has obtained, but Planned Parenthood clinics can hold a huge array of highly sensitive data about patients, including information on abortion appointments. The Ogoshi brothers, who pleaded guilty in April, have been linked to the death of 17-year-old Jordan DeMay, who took his life six hours after he started talking to the scammers, who posed as a girl, on Instagram.
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