GMO refused to pay the $50m ransom demanded by the hackers, so they have threatened to trigger ransomware installed on the PCs of everyone who was logged into the cloud during the hack. GMO is asking everyone to unplug and turn off their PCs ahead of the deadline 30 min from now.
GMO refuses $50M ransom, hackers threaten ransomware on logged-in PCs
AIGMO refused to pay a $50 million ransom demanded by hackers, who now threaten to trigger ransomware on PCs of everyone logged into the cloud during the hack. GMO is asking people to unplug and turn off their PCs ahead of a deadline 30 minutes away.
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Original title: GMO refused to pay the $50m ransom demanded by the hackers, so they have threatened to trigger ransomware installed on the PCs of everyon...