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Scam warning from top cybersecurity CTO over ransomware criminal tactics

Criminals are opting for the personal approach in ransomware tactics as they use the guise of executives’ children to gain big payouts.

Criminals are opting for the personal approach as they use the guise of executives’ children to gain big payouts in ransomware attacks. At the RSA conference held this week in San Francisco, Charles Carmakal who is the CTO of Google-owned cybersecurity firm Mandiant explained how this is happening. Heading straight into a regional newsroom, after graduating with a BA (Hons) degree in Journalism, Sophie started by working for Reach PLC.

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