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Pemex told to pay $5 million after ransomware attack

Posted On: Nov. 13, 2019 4:52 AM CST

Pemex

Hackers have demanded around $5 million in bitcoin from Mexican petroleum firm Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), after ransomware shut down the company’s computers, Reuters reports. Pemex said that its storage and distribution facilities were operating normally and the attack had affected less than 5% of its computers, but that some systems like payments were could not be used.

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