They slowly bargain down the ransom demands of Paul's captors while trying to locate him and convince Getty to pay the ransom.
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Ransom is the host of the Ransom Notes Global Report, a syndicated radio program focused on global markets, global intelligence and global defense.
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There is a follow-up to the "Ransom" mixtape, "Ransom 2," which includes collaborations with Chief Keef, Big Sean, Future, and Young Thug.
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Report: New Pirates of the Caribbean Being Held for Ransom by Internet PiratesIt's been a dizzying few days for news about hackers demanding ransom.
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Christopher Ransom, who was charged in the robbery that led to Detective Simonsen's death, grew up wanting to be a police officer, friends of Mr. Ransom said.
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Ransom and his estranged wife share custody of the boys, but Ransom allegedly gave no notification that he intended to travel with the children, according to the statement.
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In Argentina, this culminated in the payment of an undisclosed ransom in 20113 for the release of Juan Born, followed by a $60m ransom for his brother, Jorge.
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The tally of ransom payments may rise ahead of Friday's deadline, but cybersecurity experts say the current numbers — both total ransom money paid and machines decrypted — are far short of early estimates forecasting that the digital attack may eventually cost victims hundreds of millions of dollars in combined ransom fees.
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But the no-ransom policy remains in place, though the Department of Justice has effectively promised not to prosecute a family or friends who raise and pay a ransom.
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" Asked if he thought a ransom was involved, he said: "Whether it's a ransom, whether it's a prisoner swap, the government knows how best to get these girls back.
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Victims were locked out of their machines and asked to pay a $28500 ransom in bitcoin; however, those who paid the ransom did not ultimately recover their stolen files.
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Left with no recourse, these victims increasingly opt to pay the criminals' ransom, which only emboldens cyber criminals to increase their ransom demands while incentivizing and funding new attacks.
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Though infected computers display a message that a computer's files have been encrypted and can be decrypted if users pay a ransom, that ransom ultimately will have no effect.
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Victims were locked out of their machines and asked to pay a $300 ransom in bitcoin; however, those who paid the ransom did not ultimately recover their stolen files.
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It appropriately costs a king's ransom ... $4k a night.
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Ro Ransom)" *World Premiere* Jay Worthy - "On Sight (feat.
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Paul II There is no redemption for the man who agreed to pay his son's ransom only after winning a "victory" over his own father with the terms of their ransom payment.
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" Mr. Earnest angrily denounced those allegations as "a false claim that this is somehow a ransom payment" and repeatedly said: "Let me be clear, the United States does not pay ransom for hostages.
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Local governments often must make a snap decision on whether to pay the ransom or face a clean-up effort and worker downtime that may be far costlier than the initial ransom request.
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The ordeal ended once his father paid a $240,000 ransom.
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Writing by Nick Mulvenney in Singapore; editing by Ian Ransom
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Writing by Patrick Johnston in Singapore; Editing by Ian Ransom
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Authorities say they have no plan to pay the ransom.
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The hackers then demanded millions in ransom for the information.
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Some of the WireX attacks also asked for ransom fees.
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Reporting by Andrew Both; Editing by Ken Ferris / Ian Ransom
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The kidnappers pocketed a ransom of $1.1m and shot Osvaldo.
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Reporting by Nick Mulvenney in Sydney, editing by Ian Ransom
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Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Ian Ransom; Sudipto Ganguly
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Writing by Ian Ransom in Melbourne; Editing by John O'Brien
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Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne; Editing by John O'Brien
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Reporting by Ian Rodricks in Bengaluru; Editing by Ian Ransom
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Reporting by Greg Stutchbury in Wellington; Editing by Ian Ransom
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Reporting by Andrew Downie; Editing by Greg Stutchbury / Ian Ransom
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Reporting by Frank Pingue in Cleveland; Editing by Ian Ransom
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Kidnapping for ransom is common in some parts of Nigeria.
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Any ransom payment that victims tried to make was futile.
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Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne; Editing by Greg Stutchbury
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In March, pirates demanded a similar ransom for Boss Baby.
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Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman
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President Obama has said the payment was not a ransom.
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Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne; Editing by Amlan Chakraborty
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Writing by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Ian Ransom
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It's astrologically fitting that Ransom 2 dropped on Will's birthday.
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"We do not pay ransom for hostages," the President declaimed.
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They ultimately paid a $200,000 ransom, and Weyerhaeuser was released.
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It could not be confirmed if any ransom was paid.
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Ransom was not involved with the patient's treatment or diagnosis.
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The question of whether to pay ransom is hotly debated.
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Administration critics, including Mr. Royce, described the payment as ransom.
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The White House has insisted the $85033 million wasn't ransom.
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More controversially, it took hostages and kidnapped people for ransom.
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Ransom 2 is set to arrive this Friday, March 24.
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Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne; editing by Amlan Chakraborty
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The United States made no concessions and paid no ransom.
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Dev's daughter was once kidnapped at gunpoint for a ransom.
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Facebook's stock drops, Australia's Asean issues, and ransom … for Daphne.
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The hackers then alert the owner, asking for a ransom.
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This information, however, doesn't amount to evidence of a ransom.
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The group is notorious for piracy and kidnap for ransom.
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Or refuse to pay a ransom he can easily afford?
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The Mursi men were imprisoned in a compound, under ransom.
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"We don't acknowledge a request for ransom money," he said.
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Bush was criticized as having offered a kind of ransom.
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The hackers locked up IDT data and demanded a ransom.
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Others are held for ransom or sold back to smugglers.
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Reporting by Andrew Both in Tokyo; Editing by Ian Ransom
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In the mystery "Knives Out" (2019) he played Ransom Robinson.
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The Baltimore Sun reported a ransom of $18,500 was sought.
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K. then, we hold the world ransom for $100 billion.
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Shukrullah sold his family's home to raise the ransom money.
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Second, our government entities should have a "no ransom" policy.
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Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne; Editing by Sudipto Ganguly
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Reporting by Martyn Herman, editing by Pritha Sarkar / Ian Ransom
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The pirates would often hold shipping crews hostage for ransom.
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Kidnappers compose ransom letters from newsprint to elude handwriting experts.
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However, Ransom is a murderer because he murdered the housekeeper.
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And to top it all off, his name is Ransom.
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Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne; Editing by Clarence Fernandez
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Reporting by Nick Mulvenney in Sydney; Editing by Ian Ransom
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Will put out five of them before "Ransom," in 2014.
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Reporting by Andrew Both,; Editing by Neville Dalton / Ian Ransom
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The Neediest Cases Fund Atreyal Ransom has a firm handshake.
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Alan Feuer, another Metro reporter, worked closely with Ms. Ransom.
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Several days went by before the hackers demanded a ransom.
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Screen shot of latest ransom demand video by Abu Sayyaf.
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Only President Barack Obama and supporters of the Iran nuclear deal refuse to accept that the pallets of cash were a ransom payment, even though it was ransom by every definition of the word.
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An example of the SamSam ransom note (Image: SecureWorks) An example of the SamSam ransom note (Image: SecureWorks) U.S. federal prosecutors have indicted two Iranian nationals for creating and deploying the notorious SamSam ransomware.
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Sotloff was captured by ISIS in 2013 in Syria and held for months before his parents received a ransom letter demanding the U.S. free all Muslims in custody or pay a $137 million ransom.
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The gang then allegedly asked for a ransom for the two men, and despite the ransom money being allegedly paid, both men were found dead later that night, the report said, according to Page Six.
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Murphy's feature films include Our Family Wedding, King's Ransom, and CB4.
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This is essentially a movie about an act of corporate ransom.
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Reporting by Frank Pingue and Larry Fine; Editing by Ian Ransom
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Writing by Ken Ferris and Ian Ransom; Editing by John O'Brien
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Reporting by Ian Ransom in Taoyuan, Taiwan; Editing by Amlan Chakraborty
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Gomez said her family had been victims of kidnappings for ransom.
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And it won't be easy to convert the ransom into cash.
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And some cyber-criminals have turned to it for ransom demands.
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The ransom is believed to be the motive for the kidnapping.
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Kidnapping for ransom is a common problem in parts of Nigeria.
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According to the statement, Ransom is a non-registered sex offender.
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Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by John O'Brien and Pritha Sarkar
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Reporting by Jonathan Barrett and Ian Ransom; Editing by Toby Davis
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Sudanese Foreign Ministry official Khalid Attaras said no ransom was paid.
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He has no intention of paying ransom to the cult leaders.
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There's no indication that WannaCry and the Disney ransom are connected.
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WannaCrypt locks up user's systems and demands an oddly modest ransom.
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Reporting by Ian Ransom; +65 6870 3971; Editing by John O'Brien
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Kidnappers expect to receive a lower ransom than they originally demand.
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Britain considers negotiating prisoner releases tantamount to paying ransom for hostages.
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The kidnappers later demanded a ransom of $500,000 for Endecott's release.
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It could also cover the investigation costs and pay the ransom.
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Reporting by Jack Tarrant; Editing by Ian Ransom and John Stonestreet
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Restituto Padilla said then, indicating the abductors hadn't asked for ransom.
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The kidnappers later demanded a ransom of $500,000 for her release.
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Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by Ian Ransom
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Second, organizations that pay a ransom think their problems are over.
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It could cover the investigation costs and also pay the ransom.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says paying ransom could encourage more kidnappings.
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The Japanese government has denied paying a ransom for Yasuda's release.
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The cost, of course, is a king's ransom: $66,000 per night.
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While victims received ransom demands, paying did not unlock their computers.
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"'Ransom Notes' is a riddle," explains Other Families vocalist Zach Buck.
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Reporting by Steve Keating in New York; Editing by Ian Ransom
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"She wants to try to raise ransom money," he tells me.
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Pulido's family received the first ransom call around 210:219 p.m.
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Ransomware disables systems or files until a victim pays a ransom.
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Cheung's abduction gang held Li overnight, demanding a $134 million ransom.
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"Threatening harm to somebody is a pretty huge ransom," he notes.
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Kidnappings for ransom are a common problem in parts of Nigeria.
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They demanded that his parents should pay a ransom in bitcoins.
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Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by Himani Sarkar and Muralikumar Anantharaman
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A gang kidnapped me, held me ransom, beat and tortured me.
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"The crew did not say if ransom was paid," he added.
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They continued to reject Republican assertions that the payment was ransom.
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The Albrecht family paid an estimated $3 million for his ransom.
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The kidnappers had demanded a ransom of 40 million naira ($141,985).
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Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Ken Ferris and Ian Ransom
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"We do not pay ransom," Mr. Obama said on Aug. 4.
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The gunmen held both men for ransom and later murdered them.
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Additional reporting by Toby Davis; editing by Ed Osmond / Ian Ransom
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Within days, the family cobbled together a ransom of about $30,000.
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Additional reporting by Ian Ransom in Kazan, editing by Pritha Sarkar
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For one thing, the state has a policy forbidding ransom payments.
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The perpetrators weren't seeking cash, gold or any kind of ransom.
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He doesn't have a plan for how to get his ransom.
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If a ransom isn't paid, the attackers publish the files online.
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Todd Ransom Howe was the star prosecution witness for good reason.
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Compiled by Ian Ransom and Shrivathsa Sridhar; Editing by Peter Rutherford
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The spokesman said he had no information on any ransom demands.
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Right now, Cornyn is basically holding up Vought's nomination for ransom.
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In Texas, a hacker demanded a couple pay a bitcoin ransom.
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Reporting by Rory Carroll and Gene Cherry; Editing by Ian Ransom
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The armed gang demanded a ransom of $500,000, Ugandan police said.
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To release the information, a hacker will demand a ransom payment.
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A pirate confirmed the release was made without a ransom payment.
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Reporting by Larry Fine in New York; Editing by Ian Ransom
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"A big chunk of my life was gone," Mr. Ransom recalled.
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Mr. Ransom and Mr. Freeman have both been charged with murder.
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The police opened fire, shooting Mr. Ransom through the glass storefront.
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This nightmare is frighteningly close to the reality of cyber ransom.
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By not paying a ransom immediately, "Disney is taking the right approach because there is nothing they can do to prevent the hackers from leaking the movie right now, so paying any ransom solves nothing," he added.
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UK currency exchange site Travelex may be subject to ransom demands to get back online and protect its customers' data; the attackers are demanding a six-figure ransom to be paid in bitcoin, according to Computer Weekly.
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Police identified the suspect as 24-year-old Terry Ransom of Hesperia.
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Including paying the ransom when Frank Jr. was kidnapped in December 1963.
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Reporting by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru; Editing by Ian Ransom/Amlan Chakraborty
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The Foreign Ministry declined to comment on the question of a ransom.
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When Hurricane Irma sprinted toward Miami-Dade County, Jeff Ransom couldn't sleep.
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Ransom is 52, with a GI Joe jawbone and black aviator sunglasses.
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Why would someone write a ransom note if there wasn't a kidnapping?
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Later, he was kidnapped and held for ransom by a local gang.
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A government spokesman said that no ransom was paid for Yasuda's release.
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The news of the ransom and then the bounty made national news.
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Why demand a ransom and not tell the victim how to pay?
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Ransom is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs approximately 195 lbs.
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The number of attacks and size of ransom demands have been soaring.
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The number of attacks and size of ransom demands have been soaring.
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It, too, paid the ransom, according to Shannon Norfleet, a hospital spokeswoman.
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The cash has been portrayed as ransom payment by the Iranian press.
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Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Ed Osmond / Ian Ransom
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Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Ian Ransom/Peter Rutherford
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"Paying a ransom often leads to prolonged or repeated attacks," he said.
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Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles; Edtiing by Ian Ransom
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Additional reporting by Ian Ransom and Rory Carroll; Editing by Greg Stutchbury
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Only 17% paid the ransom, leaving many more facing weeks of cleanup.
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Like River City Ransom, a key brawler absent from Nintendo's tiny console.
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Fox welcomed her second son with Green, Bohdi Ransom, in February 2014.
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If you pay the ransom, it's going to happen again, again, again.
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A sports magnate's mother-in-law kidnapped for $36 million in ransom.
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Reporting by Patpicha Tanakasempipat; Writing by Ian Ransom; Editing by Amlan Chakraborty
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Reporting by Gene Cherry in Des Moines, Iowa; Editing by Ian Ransom
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He declined to say whether or not a ransom had been paid.
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One told him that another victim had attempted to pay the ransom.
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Nope—someone had attacked Muni's computer system and was demanding a ransom.
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The ransom was paid, but it led investigators to the alleged culprits.
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Once a victim pays the demanded ransom, the files will be decrypted.
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I just wanted it to look like a shitty VHS ransom video.
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Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Ian Ransom/Greg Stutchbury
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Ransom notes reportedly found on MedStar computers also resemble those from Samsam.
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Contrary to media reports, no ransom was paid, the foreign minister said.
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The user is asked to pay a ransom to unlock the computer.
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Reporting by Gene Cherry in Salvo, North Carolina; Editing by Ian Ransom
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Reporting by Jack Tarrant; Writing by Ian Ransom; Editing by Ed Osmond
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The abductors then attempted to secure a $40,000 ransom from the family.
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The governor had sought a huge ransom to spare the Jews' lives.
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But we don't have to pay a ransom to free that money.
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The family has yet to pay any of the ransom, Hlathi said.
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The hackers gave Long seven days to pay a ransom — or else.
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The group has released videos demanding ransom in return for their release.
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Just getting by in the Empire State can require a king's ransom.
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They try to take my flow, I take they ass for ransom.
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I think he made 'Did It Again' and 'Ransom' back to back.
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A judge ruled that Raj's ransom payment to them constituted material support.
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Lots of Taiwanese were caught in the scam and paid the ransom.
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The individuals behind the plot demanded a $500,000 ransom for their release.
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In April, Mr. Ridsdel was beheaded after ransom demands were not met.
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Paying the ransom in no way guarantees personal information won't appear online.
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Hamas kidnapped his body and is holding it as ransom until today.
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Democratic lobbyists Gregg Rothschild and Catharine Ransom are listed on the account.
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But retail analyst Ransom said he isn't sold on that idea, yet.
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We can, however, gather an approximate ransom from the 1,712 word ramble.
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The government said it was unaware of any demands for a ransom.
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HBO has not commented on whether or not it paid the ransom.
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In many cases, even paying the ransom did not decrypt the files.
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Obama has denied that it was a ransom and dismissed the criticism.
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Some reports have suggested the FBI advises victims to pay the ransom.
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The hackers can remotely reset the PIN when you pay the ransom.
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In more remote areas, workers risk being kidnapped and held for ransom.
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They didn't ask for ransom, and the boy's body was never found.
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They were released four days later after a $500,000 ransom was paid.
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That, or the city could give in to the hackers' ransom demands.
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Later that day, a local boy handed her father a ransom note.
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He was contacting her father to shake him down for a ransom.
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It was the affiliates' job to infect targets and demand the ransom.
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He has already done his part by negotiating a "fair" ransom price.
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"If we kill the boy, we never see another ransom," he says.
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They also said they did not believe a ransom had been paid.
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Officials haven't said whether the city was going to pay the ransom.
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"And any ransom will only likely lead to more attacks," he added.
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All of them, even Ransom, muster for the reading of the will.
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When the court reconvenes after lunch, Ms. Ransom updates the article again.
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The problem is so large that many insurers now cover ransom payments.
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One Twitter user joked that it could pay the ransom in chocolate.
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It encrypts important files and asks for a ransom to decrypt them.
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Victims were told to make ransom payments of $300 to unlock them.
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They were only released after her family paid a ransom, she wrote.
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A ransom was paid to free them, a source told CNN. 3.
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Mr. Ransom is not alone in being suspected of hitting several stores.
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"I have a need for speed," Mr. Ransom said with a laugh.
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Mr. Ransom has his driver's license but has never owned a car.
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Her brother, J. Paul Getty III, was the one held for ransom.
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Mr. Ransom and Detective Simonsen were both hit in the police fusillade.
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Abducting people and demanding ransom money is one way to do that.
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Mr. Ransom had always had a fascination with law enforcement, friends said.
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On the one hand, the kidnappers need to extract a huge ransom.
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In a Florida incident last year, Protenus says the hackers also sent ransom demands to a number of the affected patients, which threatened "release of their photos and personal information unless unspecified ransom demands are negotiated and met."
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Families of hostage victims contend with ransom payments A key point of the new policy made clear that families of hostage victims would not be prosecuted for making private ransom payments to the terror groups holding their loved ones.
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Maverick and Orion Ransom, who are 3 and 07953, respectively, were allegedly picked up from a Las Cruces daycare center the day by their father, Clarence Michael Ransom, who goes by "Michael," according to a Las Cruces police statement.
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House GOP: White House paid Iran ransom for prisoners: House Republicans on Thursday pressed Obama administration officials on whether a settlement with Iran constituted a ransom for freed American prisoners, comparing the payment to midnight drug-deal money drop.
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Reporting by Gene Cherry in Eugene, Oregon; Editing by Ian Ransom/John O'Brien
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Black people are imprisoned, he continues, and sold on for labour or ransom.
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"Right now there is no competition on ransom trojans on Mac," says Hyppönen.
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His work laid the foundation for what Ransom and Ayers-Rigby are doing.
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The pages for the ransom note had been torn from Patsy Ramsey's notepad.
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The group beheaded Ridsdel on the previously set ransom deadline of April 25.
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Cryptocurrency like Bitcoin allows attackers a real shot at actually receiving ransom payments.
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In June, Abu Sayyaf beheaded a Canadian national after a ransom deadline passed.
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Veronica calls Mr. St. Clair asking for $1 million dollars in ransom money.
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Velasco suspects it was a drug trafficker intent on kidnapping her for ransom.
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He would "borrow" Frank Jr., invest the ransom and repay Sinatra – with interest.
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Perhaps as much as two million US dollars was paid in ransom demands.
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They target oil tankers, usually seeking hostages for ransom and fuel to sell.
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Should families be allowed to raise money for ransom for their loved ones?
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Long story short: They're holding the hospital's records hostage and demanding a ransom.
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In November 1996, Ransom, a Ron Howard movie starring Mel Gibson hit theaters.
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Last month's Netflix ransom was attributed to a hacker going by name TheDarkOverlord.
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Fier believes institutions are more likely to pay a ransom rather than individuals.
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The best can get a ransom down to 10% of the initial demand.
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Saving the hospital $20M in ransom money and getting the AC back on?
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Reporting by Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru; Editing by Ian Ransom and Christian Radnedge
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The government insists that it did not pay a ransom for their return.
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Within days, another ransom demand arrived for the family, this time for $19963,000.
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He would "borrow" Frank Jr., invest the ransom and repay Sinatra — with interest.
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Paksoy said the attackers have not yet contacted the company for possible ransom.
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"We won't talk more, all we know is MONEY!" the ransom note read.
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The pirates released the boat after a $3 million ransom was parachuted onboard.
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The kidnappers then used Endicott's cell phone to demand a ransom of $500,000.
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Image: file photo) (The countdown and ransom window when WannaCry infects a computer.
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Stuck between a ransom and a hard place, Radiohead released the tapes themselves.
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Holding files for ransom is more common today than ever thanks to ransomware.
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If there's one takeaway from the Radiohead hack, it's never pay the ransom.
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Reporting by Ian Chadband and Pritha Sarkar; Editing by Alison Williams / Ian Ransom
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Reporting by Ian Ransom and Sudipto Ganguly; Editing by Peter Rutherford/John O'Brien
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The White House has denied that the $85033 million was a ransom payment.
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He was held for four days before his father paid the $240,000 ransom.
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Diachenko shared redacted screenshots of the data and the ransom message with Gizmodo.
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"In a way, the developers are holding Hong Kong for ransom," he said.
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Quinn also told police there was a ransom demand for Huskins' safe return.
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Ryuk then spread throughout city systems, locking them down and demanding a ransom.
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The ransomware locks files and demands a ransom payment for a decryption key.
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Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; Editing by Ian Ransom/John O'Brien
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In this operation, hackers threaten a DDoS attack unless a ransom is paid.
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Abu Sayyaf's tactics are brutal, decapitating hostages when ransom demands are not met.
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Washington's chief technology officer said that no ransom was paid in this instance.
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We contacted the hackers via the email address included in their ransom message.
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If a cash payment is contingent on a hostage release, it's a ransom.
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The gang seized Hamm in 1933, releasing him after securing a $100,000 ransom.
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The hospital, desperate to regain access to its patient records, paid the ransom.
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We are getting her off the Oxy, by force, while holding her ransom.
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Reporting by Jonathan Barrett and Ian Ransom in Melbourne; editing by Amlan Chakraborty
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The individuals who paid the ransom did not regain access to their files.
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In some cases, after civilians have disappeared, their families have received ransom demands.
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Reporting by Ian Chadband; editing by Martyn Herman and Ed Osmond / Ian Ransom
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The smugglers also demanded ransom payments from Victory's family before eventually releasing him.
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The attacker is holding the data in the towns' computer systems for ransom.
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The ransom demand will most likely escalate into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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"Teaming up with an Uber" could be one way to go, Ransom said.
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Ransom pointed towards a new genre of popular fiction: the young adult novel.
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A note is then delivered to her family demanding a ransom of $15,000.
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He was released a week later for a ransom of nearly $20083 million.
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The ransom faux scandal is only the latest such story in this pattern.
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But the ransom deal's heaviest legacy may be back home in the gulf.
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Some residents had already received ransom requests from the abductors, the sources said.
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Is it ransom to hold back frozen Iranian assets pending a prisoner release?
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"I'm strongly opposed to letting utility companies off the hook," Mr. Ransom said.
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Cybersecurity researchers questioned whether collecting ransom was the true objective of the attack.
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A spate of kidnappings for ransom has plagued some parts of the country.
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Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by Pritha Sarkar, Muralikumar Anantharaman and Peter Rutherford
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No ransom has been demanded neither has the police been contacted, he added.
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Criminal gangs kidnapped prominent members of the business community, targeting them for ransom.
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Paying the ransom also does not guarantee that the system will be decrypted.
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"Any ransom will only likely lead to more attacks," a cybersecurity expert explained.
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But he added that with WannaCry, people definitely should not pay the ransom.
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Ransomware prevents a computer from functioning fully until a user pays a ransom.
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President Obama has denied that it was a ransom and dismissed the criticism.
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It has done so through direct money loans, ransom payments and supplies transfers.
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But Victory soon learned the ransom demands had prevented them from paying rent.
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Along the way, he says he was imprisoned, tortured and held for ransom.
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Compiled by Hardik Vyas and Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Ian Ransom
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Compiled by Hardik Vyas and Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Ian Ransom
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Users accused Photobucket of holding their photos for ransom behind a subscription fee.
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Reporting by Jee Heun Kahng; Writing by Ian Ransom Editing by Peter Rutherford
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Mr. Caro initially thought he had been taken by criminals demanding a ransom.
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The hackers threatened to release the information if a ransom was not paid.
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Graphic artists and translators craft clear ransom demands and instructions in multiple languages.
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According to one account, Anniceris of Cyrene paid a ransom of 30 minas.
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In reality, he said, kidnap and ransom is a much more complex ordeal.
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The ransom letter was eerily detailed in its knowledge of the Ramsey family.
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Ola drivers abduct doctor, demand ransom A driver for Indian Uber-like service Ola abducted a doctor and demand a ransom of 5 million rupees ($77,500) from Ola or they would reveal the crime and harm the company's already sensitive reputation.
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But while the hospital hasn't commented on the ransom yet, an anonymous physician told NBC that the hackers were demanding a ransom to unlock the system — to the tune of 9 million in bitcoin ($3.6 million), according to CSO Online.
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Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by Toby Davis / Ian Ransom
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Firms could invest free from the worry that unions would hold them to ransom.
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In North Africa, ransom payments played a central role in the growth of AQIM.
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Estimates for ISIS' ransom revenue pale in comparison with the group's other revenue streams.
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The group says that in doing so they earned half of the requested ransom.
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Kanter was beheaded by Abu Sayyaf after a deadline to pay his ransom passed.
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Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by Larry Fine / Ian Ransom
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Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; editing by Gene Cherry / Ian Ransom
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The torture continued until his brother could pay his ransom in full, he said.
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Larry Flynt and Ransom and guest spots on TV's Ally McBeal and Law & Order.
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Variations involve holding specific equipment, like your keyboard, hostage until you pay the ransom.
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The database was later stolen by cybercriminals demanding a ransom only payable in bitcoin.
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Additional reporting by Stanley Carvalho in Abu Dhabi; Editing by Ian Ransom/Peter Rutherford
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Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina,; Editing by Ed Osmond / Ian Ransom
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He was captured by the Afghan Taliban, which doesn't believe in ransom and kidnapping.
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Because Rodriguez didn't have the full ransom, the gang members raped her daughter anyway.
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American critics of Iran called it a ransom payment, which President Barack Obama denied.
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The problem is caused in part by Petya's unorthodox method for collecting ransom payments.
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However, following the notice, a few cows decide to hold a cow thief ransom.
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This president and his former secretary of State are for paying ransom for hostages.
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Eventually, the increasingly scattered ransom payments found their way to ShapeShift, a cryptocurrency exchange.
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Militants released the seven other captured family members following payment of a $70,000 ransom.
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The bitcoin wallet where the ransom money is to be sent varies between messages.
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The police statement said the abductors demanded a ransom of 10 million naira ($32,700).
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If any ransom demands were made at the time, they were never shared publicly.
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It's nowhere near as good as River City Ransom, but then again, what is?
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Reporting by Peter Rutherford; Additional reporting by Yun Hwan Chae; Editing by Ian Ransom
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If the target pays the ransom, the service takes a cut of the bitcoin.
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"Those families know we have a policy that we don't pay ransom," Obama said.
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Hackers usually demand a ransom, to be paid in bitcoin, to end the attack.
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Reporting by Gene Cherry in Raleigh, North Carolina; Editing by Ian Ransom/Greg Stutchbury
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"Paying ransom to kidnappers puts Americans even more at risk," said Illinois Republican Sen.
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Lewis initially intended a kidnapping for ransom but later killed the woman, prosecutors said.
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In 2014, ISIS made about $20 million from ransom payments, the US Treasury estimates.
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In 2014, ISIS made about $20 million from ransom payments, the U.S. Treasury estimates.
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A Bitcoin ransom with using what I think is passwords from a big leak.
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That's the impact of Ransom Riggs' bestselling series Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
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It would cover the investigation costs and also pay the ransom, according to Parisi.
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They target tankers in particular, usually seeking hostages for ransom and fuel to sell.
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But NotPetya's ransom messages were only a ruse: The malware's goal was purely destructive.
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Additional reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; Editing by Ken Ferris/Ian Ransom
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Police said the group also asked Ayling's modeling agency to pay a $300,000 ransom.
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So for £18 you can find out if we should have paid that ransom.
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Ken seems suspicious, saying Santos came to the restaurant asking for a king's ransom.
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She reappeared just hours before the ransom was due and seemed to be unharmed.
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It is likely a ploy by the militants for ransom money, according to analysts.
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Kidnappings and piracy for ransom in Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea are common.
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The cybercriminals uploaded the episodes after Netflix refused to pay a ransom as well.
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Security experts and government agencies have been urging people not to pay the ransom.
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Republicans have accused the administration of paying a ransom to free the detained Americans.
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The Islamic State has generated significant income through the use of kidnapping for ransom.
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In February, a California hospital paid a $17,000 ransom to get its files back.
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Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by Ian Ransom/Amlan Chakraborty
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Bankers were frightened away by a spate of kidnappings for ransom in the 220s.
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The kidnappers had demanded a ransom of 6m pesos ($20143,000) from Mr Pulido's family.
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On Friday, Will released his newest record, Ransom 2, and celebrated his 28th birthday.
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In addition, it has engaged in kidnapping for ransom, and various forms of extortion.
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Reporting by Gene Cherry in Des Moines, Iowa; Editing by Ian Ransom/Amlan Chakraborty
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The Greenleases complied with the ransom demand, unaware that their son was already gone.
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After Bobby paid the ransom, the abductors held up their end of the bargain.
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A copy of the ransom note was also posted on several social media accounts.
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Mr. Ransom died on April 11 in Toledo at 96, his son, Robert, said.
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GOP lawmakers have called the initial $400M payment to Iran a "ransom." http://bit.
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Mr. Hussein said $1.5 million in ransom had been paid for the sailors' release.
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Republicans quickly called the payment a ransom and an appeasement of a rogue state.
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The Australian government has said it does not pay ransom demands made by kidnappers.
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In terms of the bitcoin ransom demanded, it appears the attackers haven't made much.
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There is no anticipated data loss and the state did not pay a ransom.
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Pyongyang had to ransom two journalists in 2009 to get Bill Clinton to visit.
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A king's ransom for a few days', weeks', months' or even a year's work.
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Kidnapping for ransom, security analysts say, seems to have become one of their specialties.
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Half a century later I still think of Ransom with a sense of dread.
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If the messages don't get through to database owners, maybe the ransom notes will.
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He started kidnapping other bankers in the organization, and holding them for ransom money.
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He says he was then instructed to call his family and demand ransom money.
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Some items seem like a bargain ... others seem like the King of Pop's ransom.
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Her son, Brodie Ransom, said she was given a diagnosis of dementia last year.
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The next day, a second ransom note, signed "Z," was delivered to June's grandfather.
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Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by Pritha Sarkar / Ian Ransom
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Ransomware typically locks users out of their own files until they pay a ransom.
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Affiliates were expected to find their own victims and set their own ransom demands.
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"They largely had a civil discussion," said Jan Ransom, who covered the trial daily.
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They'll build a port and use the ransom cash to seed a cocaine empire.
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It all depends on what commands a bigger ransom: losing information or exposing it.
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Hackers have stolen sensitive information, compromised military networks, and held companies' infrastructure for ransom.
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He declined to say whether the government had paid a ransom for those girls.
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What sets the latest cyberattacks apart is the stunning size of their ransom demands.
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Compiled by Ian Ransom and Shrivathsa Sridhar; Editing by Tom Hogue and Muralikumar Anantharaman
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Nissan Motor, another Japanese industrial giant, also said it would not pay a ransom.
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Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; editing by Clare Fallon / Ian Ransom
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She paid the mob a ransom to spare 25 Hutu children under her care.
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The ransomware threatens to publish the stolen files if the ransom is not paid.
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During the Weinstein trial, Ms. Ransom usually updates her article online multiple times daily.
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He was eventually released after a ransom, for an undisclosed amount, had been paid.
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Kidnap a kid, hold them for ransom, what are the parents going to do?
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Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by Hugh Lawson / Ian Ransom
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When seas are calm, pirates roam the nearby waters to kidnap fishermen for ransom.
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Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina, editing by Gene Cherry / Ian Ransom
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Bringing it up was the equivalent of holding a newspaper in a ransom photograph.
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In those countries, migrants are commonly robbed, kidnapped for ransom, raped, tortured, and killed.
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"He was friendly, goofy and fun," Ransom said in June in a Facebook post.
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Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne, Writing by Simon Jennings; Editing by Peter Rutherford
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The advancements, along with modest ransom demands, make it easier to pay than fight.
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Mr. Braziller donated proceeds from the sale of 0003,200 copies to ransom the work.
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The three officers retreated outside, and Mr. Ransom walked to the store's front door.
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While ransomware was detected, no ransom has been demanded in the cyberattack, Cantrell said.
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My response is that we don't have to give a king's ransom for that.
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It was the second city to agree to a large ransom in two weeks.
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It had nothing to do, as Royce says, with any "ransom" payment with Iran.
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Reporting by Gene Cherry in Raleigh, North Carolina; Editing by Ken Ferris / Ian Ransom
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Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by Ken Ferris / Ian Ransom
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A recent ProPublica investigation called into question the ethics of paying ransom demands or even having insurance products that cover the costs of the ransom, when the funds may be going into the hands of criminals or, in these cases, North Korea's military.
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Although ransomware typically infects computers, spreads, and encrypts files across a network in exchange for a ransom, some newer and more advanced ransomware families also exfiltrated corporate data before encrypting the files and threatened to publish the files unless a ransom is paid.
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Put more simply: the FCC is saying we should be held ransom by AT&T.
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However, the FBI advises against paying ransom, even small amounts like the Nascar team did.
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The four were killed shortly after Savvas' assistant delivered $40,000 in ransom to the home.
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The French woman died, while the English woman was released after a ransom was paid.
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His abductors also sent his photos to his family demanding a ransom for his release.
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From the report: The consistency of language across ransom notes, payment sites, and sample files,
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"It is highly probable she wrote the ransom note," Wong tells ABC News' Amy Robach.
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The ransom note asked for $118,000, which was the exact amount of John Ramsey's bonus.
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"The crew did not say if ransom was paid," mayor Hirsi Yusuf Barre told Reuters.
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The couple share three children together: Noah Shannon, 290210, Bodhi Ransom, 133, and Journey, 213.
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All four have been charged with kidnapping for ransom, according to a statement from police.
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The lawsuit claims they've also threatened owners and demanded ransom, which worked on one owner.
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Accompanying the hack was a ransom video for HBO executives, which has now surfaced online.
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The cost of an attack goes far beyond the usually modest sum demanded for ransom.
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That data was then held for ransom, with North Korea demanding $2.7 million in bitcoin.
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"Let's call this proposal for what it is: a white supremacist ransom note," Rosas said.
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The system was only restored after the hotel agreed to pay a ransom in Bitcoin.
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Yet surprisingly, the attackers seem to have taken a lackluster approach to collecting ransom payments.
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House Republicans plan a vote on legislation to prevent such "ransom" payments in the future.
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Researchers from Crypsis Group say the median amount for a requested ransom is about $7,000.
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The latter figure, $275m in today's money, is the highest ransom known in modern times.
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Meanwhile, Atlanta spent $17 million restoring systems rather than pay a $50,000 ransom last year.
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Reporting by Nick Mulvenney in Sydney and Ian Ransom in Melbourne, editing by Greg Stutchbury
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The couple share three children together: Noah Shannon, 6, Bodhi Ransom, 5, and Journey, 2.
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Reporting by Peter Rutherford, Joyce Lee and Ian Ransom; Editing by Richard Pullin, Robert Birsel
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Kidnapping for ransom is rife in Nigeria with foreigners and high-profile Nigerians frequently targeted.
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It cost millions to recover from an attack that initially demanded about $50,000 in ransom.
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They're anti-abortion, and anti-gay rights, and yeah, they're like holding Britain for ransom.
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The couple shares three children: Noah Shannon, 6, Bodhi Ransom, 5, and Journey River, 2.
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Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; editing by Ken Ferris and Ian Ransom
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The message also included a Bitcoin wallet number, but no specific ransom amount was demanded.
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The debate over how to handle issues of ransom and hostages is a sensitive one.
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Kidnappings are rampant in Nigeria, where both locals and foreigners are targeted — mostly for ransom.
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A LIGHTER CLICK: Wired explains why the "Orange is the New Black" ransom hack failed.
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Victims have six hours to pay before a $300 ransom goes up, one expert said.
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What it's doing is locking up computers that used Microsoft Windows and holding them ransom.
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"Paying the ransom does not guarantee the encrypted files will be released," the alert said.
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He told CNN no ransom demand had been received yet for the missing crew members.
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Shortly after using that fake Instagram login page, the hackers contacted Kreider demanding their ransom.
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The cover image takes its type, like a ransom note, from a variety of sources.
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"It's just a ransom demand, just like what he tried to do before," Rappaport says.
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Back end monkeying could shut down toys until a user or manufacturer pays a ransom.
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Needless to say, the king of Disney's castle is refusing to pay the demanded ransom.
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Attacks now can cost tens of millions of dollars and even lead to ransom scenarios.
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But overtime, according to the FBI, the gangsters moved on to lucrative ransom kidnapping schemes.
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Back in November, cybercriminals demanded that ProtonMail, an encrypted email service, pay them a ransom.
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The ransom note also included information about a wallet to which to send the payment.
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According to The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Valley College paid hackers $28,000 in ransom.
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The groom must hand over some rupees as a "ransom" to get his shoes back.
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One sector in which Wim and Cor invested the ransom money was the sex trade.
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The White House denies paying ransom for the American detainees released by Tehran in January.
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Muller kept Huskins there for two days and demanded Quinn pay a ransom of $17,000.
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Reporting by Martyn Herman; additional reporting by Shravanth Vijayakumar; Editing by Ian Ransom/Sudipto Ganguly
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A Ukrainian media company said its computers were blocked and had received the ransom demand.
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Ransom held senior roles with the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and former Sen.
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The results made a diagnosis abundantly clear to Ransom and his colleagues: occipital lobe epilepsy.
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The hallucinations might also hint at the origins and progression of each seizure, Ransom said.
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Global Affairs Canada, the country's foreign ministry, said that the government would not pay ransom.
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In such attacks, hackers remotely lock computer files and demand ransom payments for their return.
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Victims who pay the ransom will reportedly not receive a decryptor to break the hack.
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Pirates roam the nearby waters to kidnap fishermen for ransom, residents of nearby islands say.
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The group has been blamed for a spike in kidnappings for ransom in recent weeks.
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In one instance, ISIS made between $127,000 and $244,000 in ransom from 16 hostages alone.
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As in, a "surrendering a first-round pick to dump John Henson"-sort of ransom.
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He added that the government was not aware that any ransom request had been made.
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The government denied paying a ransom, saying only that it had negotiated with the militants.
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The ransom payments have led critics to express worry that they could inspire more kidnappings.
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Hilary Swank plays Gail Getty, left to negotiate her son's ransom even though she's broke.
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And the costs to rebuild the system are usually far higher than the ransom itself.
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Reporting by Rory Carroll; Additional reporting by Andrew Both; editing by Clare Fallon / Ian Ransom
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The kidnappers later used the American's cellphone to demand the $500,000 ransom, the police said.
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That August, after failing to get a ransom for his release, ISIS killed Mr. Foley.
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Tucsonians were filled with questions: Why had a ransom note been delivered to the prosecutor?
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Flashpoint found that the average payout from a successful ransom ask was about 300 dollars.
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Remember when he proposed a $5 million ransom to show up at the CNN debate?
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Instead of showing amid the original ruins, Chanel spent a king's ransom erecting its own.
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According to law enforcement agencies, paying ransom could leave victims vulnerable to being targeted again.
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It's unclear if the university paid the ransom demanded for the players' release, Asongu said.
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"They held the Defense Department hostage, and we had to pay that ransom," Mulvaney said.
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Here's a road map of the prestigious brands (and not all cost a king's ransom).
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"I don't remember seeing anyone from the public" in the courtroom, Ms. Ransom told me.
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She said that the City of New Orleans has not yet received any ransom demands.
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Blanc also realized that Ransom was the one who anonymously called him in to investigate.
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Obama hammered Republican critics for suggesting the payment was ransom for the four American prisoners.
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The authorities suspected that the militants had been looking for hostages to hold for ransom.
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Police didn't provide any other details about his release, including whether a ransom was paid.
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Alfred Chestnut, Andrew Stewart and Ransom Watkins were high school students when they were convicted.
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Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Additional reporting by Rory Carroll; Editing by Ian Ransom
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"My dream car, that's a Subaru BRZ," Mr. Ransom, 19, said recently, his eyes brightening.
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Meanwhile, outside, Mr. Freeman "communicated with" Mr. Ransom via cellphone, according to Detective Santangelo's deposition.
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Quirks that appeared innocent in childhood grew darker and more serious as Mr. Ransom matured.
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Mr. Ransom went in while Mr. Freeman stood watch outside, according to a criminal complaint.
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Eight of them hit Mr. Ransom, who fell inside the store, his fake gun nearby.
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Paying ransom can quickly restore operations, but nearly 60% of citizens object to such action.
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As in Riviera Beach, the brunt of Lake City's ransom will be paid by insurance.
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The families of the kidnapping victims received ransom demands but they were never seen again.
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Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne and Ossian Shine in Paris, editing by Pritha Sarkar
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But those groups later turned to seizing cargo ships and holding the crews for ransom.
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Ridsdel was beheaded on April 25, after an earlier deadline for a ransom payment expired.
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An insightful examination by the New America Foundation titled "To Pay Ransom or Not to Pay Ransom?" found that while a strict no-concession policy does not appear to lower the number of kidnappings, not paying ransoms increases the likelihood that hostages are killed.
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Marta confesses everything to Ransom and believes he is actually trying to help her; meanwhile, Blanc has figured out that Ransom is behind the entire thing, and was trying to frame Marta after finding out that his grandfather was leaving his estate to her.
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The Abu Sayyaf militant group has beheaded two Canadian nationals recently after its ransom deadlines expired.
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Compared to these revenue streams, the role of ransom payments in funding ISIS is relatively small.
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"We were not contesting a license, we came to negotiate ransom," Costas Kimbouropoulos, Skai's representative, said.
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Ransom and Ayers-Rigsby pick through a dense thicket and a floor carpeted with spiky bromeliads.
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"None of them was hurt and no ransom was paid," Oyeyemi said of the recovery operation.
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Ransom, the county archaeologist, was preoccupied with an oak tree and its 350-year-old roots.
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Ransom knocks a path for us with a machete, which he carries slung in a holster.
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Prosecutors allege that the entire pirate crew was intent on kidnapping people at sea for ransom.
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Even with the plans to pay the ransom, the city said, an investigation is under way.
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And this time it's not just nihilistic Game of Thrones spoilers—there's a ransom note, too.
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Also last year, Cloudpets got hacked and sensitive messages between parents and children held for ransom.
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A questionable ransom note December 26 was going to be a big day for the family.
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It has been blacklisted as a terrorist group for bombings, kidnappings for ransom, beheadings and extortion.
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The revenue model was designed specifically to benefit customers who pulled in the most ransom payments.
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Eventually the woman's family paid enough ransom, the price of a car, to get her released.
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If a ransom is paid, the victim gets an emailed "decryption key" that unlocks the system.
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The kidnappers require her not only to pay a ransom but also to kidnap another child.
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The Chotu gang is blamed for hundreds of cases of kidnapping for ransom, murder and robbery.
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"If these ransom demands are met, we could see the floodgates open," he told VICE News.
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Additional reporting by Ian Ransom and Rory Carroll; Editing by Greg Stutchbury/Sudipto Ganguly/Amlan Chakraborty
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Instead of paying the ransom, the band made the 18 hours of music available for download.
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One smuggler told Tesfom to be patient; someone would eventually end up calling him for ransom.
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Somali pirates usually board vessels, then drop anchor and hold them until they get ransom money.
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Tahereh Mafi's wedding bouquet was made from pages of a novel by her husband, Ransom Riggs.
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Somali pirates and their peers have made millions in ransom money hijacking vessels in the region.
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Kidnapping for ransom is common in Nigeria and foreign workers and prominent Nigerians are often targets.
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HBO also requested the hackers to extend a ransom payment deadline by one week, Variety said.
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My desk has that "serial killer crafting ransom note" je ne sais quoi quality to it.
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The average ransom paid to free ships captured by Somali pirates doubled between 2009 and 2011.
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People in kidnapping hotspots may be targeted on the assumption that insurers will pay the ransom.
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Somewhere on the island, someone is holding Jennifer in hiding, waiting for the ransom they demanded.
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"The fact is, paying a ransom does not create a market," said Forrester Research's Josh Zelonis.
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The airline's hard-edged CEO, Bob Crandall, made it clear he wouldn't negotiate or pay ransom.
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The computer can only be unlocked by paying a ransom to hackers who hold the keys.
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Several Mac users are complaining about getting locked out of their computers for a bitcoin ransom.
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The hackers are demanding, in chatspeak, a $50 bitcoin ransom in exchange for unlocking the devices.
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But Grandpa, one of the richest men on the planet, refused to pay his namesake's ransom.
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Uganda Police spokeswoman Polly Namaye said she could not confirm whether a ransom had been paid.
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The third party copied data and demanded a ransom for its safe return, the company said.
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For Stemtech: Thomas Leff of Casarino Christman Shalk Ransom & Doss and Christine Arnold of Hollins Law.
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In 2016, a Kansas hospital paid an untold ransom only to find themselves being double-crossed.
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Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by Ken Ferris/ Ian Ransom/Nick Mulvenney
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In recent months, many high profile Nigerians have been targeted by kidnappers with some demanding ransom.
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Ayling was eventually released by one of the kidnappers although no ransom was paid, officials said.
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Pay the ransom or lose your files — or worse, have them spread all over the internet.
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That's because the email used to coordinate ransom payments was disabled by the email service provider.
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The White House, though, has denied that the $85033 million was a ransom payment to Iran.
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Now, instead of the ransom message and their contact information, the site only displays a PSA.
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If owners pay the ransom, between $210 and $600, they'll get access to their machines back.
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The hackers threatened to release parts of it if Disney doesn't pay a ransom via bitcoin.
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Are you watching the stunning kidnapping and ransom payment taking place on Capitol Hill right now?
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Kidnapping, usually for ransom, is common in parts of Nigeria, though abductors usually target other Nigerians.
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Popular variants often lock phones or encrypt files, only returning access once a ransom is paid.
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"This President and his former secretary of state are for paying ransom for hostages," Christie said.
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Though the officials in Onslow refused to pay the ransom demand, many of Ryuk's victims have.
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This makes it harder both to prevent kidnappings and end them without bloodshed or ransom payments.
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Kidnappings for ransom, once rare, rose to 202 cases in 2018, an eightfold jump from 2500.
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A number of other email service were reportedly sent ransom notes too, but stood their ground.
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As Akamai told Fortune, ransom notes sent via email often go unseen due to spam protections.
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"We were not contesting a license, we came to negotiate ransom," said Costas Kimbouropoulos, Skai's representative.
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He was fixated on money and, in particular, on what was left of the Heineken ransom.
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In Taiwan, an organized criminal ring was kidnapping valuable racing pigeons and holding them at ransom.
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The kidnappers want a ransom, and here some of Farhadi's favorite fault lines begin to show.
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Australia does not pay ransom to kidnappers, as a matter of policy, Bishop said in April.
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And then there's Chris Evans as Ransom, Harlan's grandson and the black sheep of the family.
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In the potentially damaging cyberattack, hackers remotely lock files in an effort to extort ransom payments.
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"It was ransom," said Representative Ed Royce of California, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
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It is widely believed that no captives are released by the group without ransom being paid.
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Abu Sayyaf has a long history of kidnappings for ransom and terrorist attacks in the Philippines.
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"No, it was not," press secretary John Earnest said when asked if it constituted a ransom.
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He's in it for the money, selecting his prey based on the ransom he can collect.
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A countdown on the site shows the amount of time before the ransom price goes up.
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Reporting by Jee Heun Kahng; Writing by Ian Ransom; Editing by John O'Brien and Amlan Chakraborty
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Ultimately, Brandstaetter was forced to pay the ransom after failing to secure help from the police.
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"They are fully capable of using this malware to exfiltrate, ransom or destroy data," he said.
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One kind of malware called ransomware can lock your precious data unless you pay a ransom.
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Law enforcement sources told the Times the hospital paid the ransom before it contacted law enforcement.
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The president said on Twitter that it had not paid any ransom in the latest case.
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Although the blockade had been talked about for months, the ransom deal provided a useful pretext.
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Naturally, hackers appear to have attempted to hold the data for ransom, according to security researchers.
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"I started delving into the mystery about how no one would pay a ransom," he said.
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Mr. Trump chose to put a gun to Dreamers' heads, but Democrats shouldn't pay any ransom.
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"Victims are encouraged not to pay the ransom," said Amy Hess, a top F.B.I. cybercrime official.
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But unlike Maze, he said, DoppelPaymer's ransom note does not say that data has been stolen.
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To recap: Last year, hackers stole data on Uber drivers and customers, then demanded $100,000 ransom.
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It has also been tainted by its association with online drug sales and hackers demanding ransom.
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Ransom was wounded in the shooting Tuesday night and an "imitation pistol" was recovered, police said.
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To people in Manila, Mindanao is known for guerrilla fighters and rampaging kidnap-for-ransom gangs.
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Her mother's brother, while living in Acapulco, Mexico, was abducted and held for ransom, she said.
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WannaCry encrypted files on infected systems, charging a ransom for the keys to unlock the files.
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WannaCry encrypted files on computers then demanded users pay a bitcoin ransom to get them back.
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The ransomware encrypts files on Windows computers and demands a $300 ransom to have them unencrypted.
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U.S. officials have denied that the payment was a ransom for the release of the prisoners.
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WannaCry encrypted files on infected systems, charging a ransom for the keys to unlock the files.
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Police told CNN Monday they have yet to receive a ransom demand for the young billionaire.
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Maybe President Obama would not have had to pay ransom money to the now belligerent Tehran.
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Costs for victims, beyond ransom, can include large bills for technical support, consultants and security software.
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Mr. Ransom still lives with his brother in the apartment they once shared with their mother.
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The American cities of Durham, North Carolina, and Detroit, Michigan have also been held for ransom.
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There's River City Ransom, for instance (one of my personal childhood favorites), and Final Fantasy III.
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Criminals also assume the migrants have family members in the U.S. willing to pay a ransom.
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When hackers held high profile Instagram accounts hostage, some victims did decide to pay the ransom.
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Her neighbor was kidnapped, she says, and his wife killed in attempting to deliver the ransom.
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No ransom Obama also forcibly denied that his administration had effectively paid a ransom to Iran after delivering $400 million of a $1.7 billion payment to settle a decades-old dispute over an arms deal on the same day that four US prisoners were freed in January.
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Photo: Wilfredo Lee (AP)Lake City, Florida paid out a bitcoin ransom worth $460,000 to hackers who disabled the city's computer systems with sophisticated ransomware last month, hot on the heels of a $600,000 ransom paid out in similar circumstances by Riviera Beach, Florida just weeks later.
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According to the CBC, the ransom note that popped up on computers in the restaurants stated that they had been hit by "military grade algorithms" (actually just normal encryption algorithms) and appears to have been identical to a stock ransom note associated with malware known as Ryuk.
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The infected files were able to be recovered without paying any ransom, sources told Reuters last week.
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The emails claimed a bomb would be detonated unless an amount of ransom was paid in bitcoin.
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They showed that the network offered the hacker $250,000 to extend the deadline for the larger ransom.
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Fox and Green, 45, share three children: Noah Shannon, 6, Bodhi Ransom, 5, and Journey River, 2.
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His father was also kidnapped in 2011, when the kidnappers demanded a $4 billion ransom from Chelsea.
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Finding a flaw in WannaCry's encryption scheme, after all, could decrypt all those systems without any ransom.
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But despite the outages, the county isn't planning to pay the $23,000 ransom demanded by the hackers.
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The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas digitized the archives of writer Gabriel García Márquez.
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A different version of the same California voter roll was held for bitcoin ransom two months earlier.
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The unnamed assailants then disclosed their exploits to Uber the following November and were paid a ransom.
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Guests were reportedly locked in their rooms by hackers until a Bitcoin ransom worth €1,500 was paid.
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Yet Mr Trump has for months threatened to withhold the cash, even describing it as "ransom money".
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Imam said police repeatedly sent messages asking what the attackers wanted, initially thinking they sought a ransom.
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Lately, ransom is asked to be paid in bitcoin, which can't be tracked, adds an FBI advisory.
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Presented on stage in Mr Ransom and Mr Beckett's opera, this inevitability is both hilarious and thoughtful.
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The hackers will then demand a ransom be paid out in order to have the files decrypted.
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The militant group murdered Ridsdel, another Canadian, late last month, when the ransom demand deadline had expired.
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He was tortured for months because his family could not afford the $22015,23 ransom the chief demanded.
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The computer system of a Hollywood hospital is being held ransom for $3.4 million, according to BBC.
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It reads more like the plot of a thriller with a surprise twist ending, much like Ransom.
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Abubakar added that no ransom has been demanded yet for the workers, who have not been named.
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He was able to negotiate the ransom down to 397.6 Bitcoin, or roughly a million US dollars.
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A large cash payment at a time of a prisoner release looks precisely like a ransom payment.
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One reason it marked a high point is the spread of kidnapping-and-ransom (K&R) insurance.
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With no way to get a decryption key, there's no incentive for victims to pay the ransom.
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"And they all clearly believe, in their own words, that this was a ransom payment," Cotton said.
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One hacker told Refinery29 that, following the hack, they can effectively put a ransom on the handle.
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"That sort of ransom payment as part of the Iran deal is an outrage," said Republican Sen.
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After the plane landed, he released the 36 passengers in exchange for $200,000 in ransom and parachutes.
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For these types of attacks, the lockouts and hassles can end when the victim pays the ransom.
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And it made obscene sums from ransom payments and the sale of slaves, especially young Yazidi women.
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The actress is already mom to sons Noah Shannon, 3½, and Bodhi Ransom, 2, with Austin Green.
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In 1996, he was kidnapped by a notorious gangster before he was freed for a large ransom.
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During those communications, Rae said both the numbers demanded for a ransom and the deadlines given shifted.
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The kidnappers reportedly want a ransom fee of $228 million to set Ecclestone's mother-in-law free.
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Bossert also insisted the attack "was not a tool developed by the NSA to hold ransom data."
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Reporting by Peter Rutherford, writing by Nick Mulvenney, additional reporting by Ian Ransom, editing by Amlan Chakraborty
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SamSam, it reported, has generated almost $6 million in ransom revenue since it emerged 32 months ago.
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One of the suspects had allegedly demanded $300 from the mother of the victim as a ransom.
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This notion should come as a surprise to those watching "Ransom," which could hardly be more conventional.
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But in any ransom-type situation, the FBI has long told victims of ransomware to never pay.
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If the ransom was not paid within seven days, the messages warned, their data would be deleted.
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No ransom was paid when they were freed late on Saturday, the official said, without giving details.
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They paid a queen's ransom to Katy Perry -- $25 million -- which essentially blew their intended judge's budget.
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Capone said that he was pistol-whipped before being held for ransom in a home in Compton.
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Fox and Green, 45, share three children: Noah Shannon, 6, Bodhi Ransom, 5, and Journey River, 2.
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Reporting by Christophe Van Der Perre and Fedja Grulovic; Writing by Ian Ransom; Editing by Pritha Sarkar
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The FBI was called in to help, and Coors's wife, Mary, received a ransom note demanding $500,000.
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Sometimes militants release similar "proof of life" videos of hostages when asking for ransom money, he added.
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Sometimes the ransom can be getting a bill released or getting money to your district or state.
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It threatens to lock out victims who have not paid a ransom within one week of infection.
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A flurry of unsolved murders and kidnappings for ransom has eroded Ugandans' trust in law enforcement bodies.
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And on Tuesday, we learned that the Obama administration had paid $400 million in ransom for hostages.
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" He added: "Americans, they will really kill them, they will try to kidnap them to get ransom.
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Or he will try to cross and be kidnapped by someone who will hold him for ransom.
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Dureza reportedly assigned officials to negotiate with Abu Sayyaf, but said they would not discuss ransom payments.
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LeAnn's fears intensify when she and Doug find out that Aidan's being held for ransom in Jakarta.
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Members of the extremist group said they would kill Kantner should they not receive their desired ransom.
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In the mid-2000s, facing rising insurance and ransom costs, shipping companies began employing private security contractors.
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We were deprived of everything... They are picking up people from home and asking them for ransom.
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But Kenya's proposal is not about the needs of the refugees — it is a demand for ransom.
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She attempted to cross the border again, and was kidnapped by a cartel and held for ransom.
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A millionaire's son was abducted in 1953, prompting the biggest ransom in American history at the time.
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As for this latest incident, it's not clear whether the florist decided to pay up the ransom.
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Mr. Ransom sold Hickory Farms for $41 million in 1980 to the General Host Corporation of Connecticut.
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This led to stinging criticism that the release had encouraged organized crime to hold the government ransom.
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Mr. Ridsdel was beheaded in April and Mr. Hall in June after ransom demands went not met.
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Hackers are holding a California hospital's patient files ransom, reportedly demanding $3.6 million to unlock the data.
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"We do not pay ransom for hostages," Mr. Obama said during a news conference at the Pentagon.
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In February, a California hospital paid a $2628,28500 ransom to free its computers from a hacker's virus.
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After the 36-year civil war officially ended in 1996, widespread kidnappings for ransom terrorized the rich.
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" Mr. Kerry said something similar: "The United States does not pay ransom and does not negotiate ransoms.
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They allegedly called their victims' relatives in the United States, demanding a ransom of $20003,000, he said.
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Ransom told her that if she got in he'd see to it that she got a scholarship.
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It said the thieves had been leaking stolen materials and asking for a multi-million-dollar ransom.
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Longworth said 35 seafarers were kidnapped for ransom in the region in the first half of 2018.
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Reporting by Greg Stutchbury in Wellington and Ian Ransom in Melbourne; Editing by Ken Ferris/Greg Stutchbury
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The Philippines rarely publicizes ransom payments and officials sometimes refer to them euphemistically as "board and lodgings".
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The virus locks users out of their computer and demands a ransom of $300 paid in Bitcoin.
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Steve Malone, director of security product management at Mimecast, advised those affected not to pay the ransom.
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In many cases, criminals hack the internal system of these companies and demand cryptocurrency as a ransom.
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The virus was the first computer virus to be paired with ransomware, which demands ransom from victims.
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The F.B.I. advises her not to discuss the matter or pay a ransom she can't afford anyway.
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Over half of Australian organizations that came under such an attack paid the ransom, the report said.
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Bitcoin has been used — most controversially — to buy drugs online and make virtual ransom payments to hackers.
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The company kept the data breach secret for more than a year after paying a $100,000 ransom.
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President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria said on Twitter that no ransom had been paid for the girls.
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CD Projekt Red said a ransom request would not be met and authorities had been informed.—Motherboard
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"[It's the] opposite of ransom," writes Matt Duss, the president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace.
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On the journey, they were kidnapped – common for Central American migrants – and held for a $215,28 ransom.
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Michael Gianaris, a Queens lawmaker who described the offered funds as a "ransom" New York was paying.
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During the summer, they tried to coax the government into negotiations by offering nine hostages for ransom.
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"The idea was not to kidnap Sid in order to hold him for ransom," Mr. Kowalski said.
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So why do photographers risk being beaten, jailed, tortured, held for ransom, and even maimed or killed?
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Neither Tribune Publishing nor The Los Angeles Times said the attack was linked to a ransom demand.
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The company's decision to conceal the breach and pay the ransom quickly raised questions among security experts.
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" Dacic said the militants were demanding a ransom for Stankovic and Stepic that was "impossible to pay.
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A few years later, kidnappers abducted a man for ransom in India, mistaking him for Mr. Povlsen.
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I thought that a "return fee?" was referring to a library, but today the answer is RANSOM.
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Providing "material support" to those groups can mean anything from fighting alongside them to paying them ransom.
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Ransomware criminals also have customer service lines that victims can call to get help paying a ransom.
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After months of stalled spending negotiations, those Republicans are desperate and frustrated, and Democrats extracted a ransom.
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To make it easier to pay the ransom, the letter includes instructions on how to buy bitcoin.
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Pretty paltry for the average startup, but a king's ransom for the average student starting, I guess.
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Reporting was contributed by Jan Ransom, Alan Feuer, Liam Stack, Emily Palmer, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey.
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Somali pirates usually hijack ships and crew members for ransom and generally do not kill their hostages.
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"No, it was not," said press secretary Josh Earnest when asked if the money constituted a ransom.
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China has already reported major disruptions today from the attacks, which lock computers and demand a ransom.
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Most were never reported; it was safer to try to settle them privately, with a negotiated ransom.
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There's no indication MedStar has had to pay a ransom or that it lost access to files.
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The location of where some of the ransom money is withdrawn can also help connect the dots.
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A few weeks later, Johnston Community School District (Iowa) received a ransom note from the same group.
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In February, a California hospital paid a $17,000 ransom to free its computers from a hacker's virus.
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When the sea is calm, pirates roam the waters in the vicinity to kidnap fishermen for ransom.
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He said no ransom was paid or any other sort of concession made by the United States.
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Reporting by Martyn Herman in Madrid and Ian Ransom in Melbourne, editing by Pritha Sarkar / Peter Rutherford
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