German police said Monday that they have disrupted an international cybercrime gang which has been blackmailing large companies for years
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Dirk Kunze, who heads the cybercrime department with North Rhine-Westphalia state police, said at least 601 victims have been identified worldwide, including 37 in Germany. Europol said victims in the United States paid out at least 40 million euros to the gang between May 2019 and March 2021 to release important data that was electronically locked using the malware.
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