Cybersecurity
A Hacker Wants About $5 Million in Ransom From Pemex By End of November
- Hacking group suggests they are behind previous attack in U.S.
- Cybersecurity firms link attack to DoppelPaymer malware
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The hacker behind a cyberattack that has crippled Petroleos Mexicanos’s computer systems since the weekend is hoping to squeeze almost $5 million out of the company and appears to have set a deadline of Nov. 30.
Pemex has other ideas, saying it won’t pay the ransom and hopes to solve the cyberattack problem today, according to comments made by Mexico energy minister Rocio Nahle on Wednesday.