Ransomware hackers shut down Argentina’s borders, demand $4M BTC

Cointelegraph

Published Sep 07, 2020 04:01PM ET

Updated Sep 07, 2020 06:00PM ET

Government officials in Argentina are refusing to negotiate with a ransomware group that forced them to briefly close all immigration checkpoints on Aug. 27.

According to a Sept. 6 report on Bleeping Computer, a group of Netwalker ransomware hackers breached Argentina's immigration agency, Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, on Aug. 27 and initially demanded a $2 million payment to restore its servers.

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