|
Global
Edition - Today's top story: International ransomware gangs
are evolving their techniques. The next generation of hackers
will target weaknesses in cryptocurrencies View
in browser |
|
Global
Edition | 31 August 2023 | |
|
|
|
|
Ransomware
is one of the key methods online scammers use to coerce cash
out of unsuspecting victims. This is when hackers gain access
to a computer network and then threaten to delete – or make
public – private information unless a ransom is paid.
The
first reported ransomware attack took place in 1989 and used
floppy disks. Since then, the attackers have been evolving
their techniques on the dark web. Hitting bigger and bigger
targets, they have gained in confidence. We
chart this worrying development in our latest Insights
long read and examine how the next generation of hackers could
exploit weaknesses in cryptocurrencies.
Ghanaian
fashion designer Kofi Ansah had a successful career in the UK.
But after he returned to his home country, he had an even
greater impact by influencing styles, manufacturing and
business practices. Adwoa Owusuaa Bobie, Adwoa Owusuaa Bobie,
Akosua Keseboa Darkwa and Katherine Gough use the late Ansah’s
case to
illustrate the potential of “brain gain” – when highly
skilled and experienced African professionals come
home. |
 |
Paul Keaveny
Investigations Editor,
Insights | |
Shutterstock/JLStock
Alpesh Bhudia, Royal Holloway University of
London; Anna Cartwright, Oxford Brookes University; Darren
Hurley-Smith, Royal Holloway University of London; Edward
Cartwright, De Montfort University
What
will ransomware attackers focus on next? |
Kofi Ansah changed fashion in Ghana after his
return from the UK. Eric Don-Arthur, courtesy of Kofi
Ansah Foundation
Adwoa Owusuaa Bobie, Kwame Nkrumah University of
Science and Technology (KNUST); Akosua Keseboa Darkwah,
University of Ghana; Katherine V. Gough, Loughborough
University
International
career mobility can give people valuable knowledge and
expertise to be used in their home country. |
When teens can’t sleep, they often scroll
online well into the night, which only exacerbates the
problem. ljubaphoto/E+ via Getty
Images
Maida Lynn Chen, University of Washington
Exposure
to screens before bedtime can contribute to chronic sleep
deprivation, which raises the risk for anxiety, depression and
even suicidal thoughts. |
PFAS concentrations were discovered in almost
all of the paper and bamboo straws tested. Sia Footage/Shutterstock
Ovokeroye Abafe, University of Birmingham
Paper
and bamboo straws contain ‘forever chemicals’ – maybe
threatening the health of people and wildlife. |
The coup enjoys a high degree of popular
support in Niger. EPA-EFE/Issifou Djibo
Francis Okpaleke, University of Waikato; Olumba
E. Ezenwa, Royal Holloway University of London
A
geopolitical struggle for valuable resources such as uranium
is behind the wrangling over Niger. |
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
| |
|
|
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2023 10:32 AM
Subject: Ransomware hackers train their sights on
bitcoin | |
