Ransomware

Ransomware is malicious software that locks a victim's data until a payment is made.

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15 linked stories in all years we hold

Via Wikimedia Commons (Ransomware-pic)

The earliest story we hold is from Oct 4, 2021.

Stories involving Ransomware0 named stories in 2022

No named arcs in 2022 yet.

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every story in 2022 at its own dates
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Coverage over timeshare of the sources publishing each week in linked stories, by side, weeks overlapping 2022

Jan 3, 2022 - Feb 20, 2022

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Jan 3, 2022

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Week of Feb 14, 2022 - Feb 20, 2022: 0 left, 3 center, 2 right, 3% of the sources that published that week · 5 articles

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Jan 3, 2022 - Jan 9, 202217195%
Jan 10, 2022 - Jan 16, 202203042%
Jan 17, 2022 - Jan 23, 202200000%
Jan 24, 2022 - Jan 30, 202200000%
Jan 31, 2022 - Feb 6, 202200000%
Feb 7, 2022 - Feb 13, 202200000%
Feb 14, 2022 - Feb 20, 202203253%

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Whole record, all years we hold

27 left · 49 center · 17 right: 93 sources on the spectrum, across 15 linked stories.

Everything else3 updates in 2022 not part of any story, newest first

Updates about Ransomware that are not part of any story yet

  1. Jan 15Russia arrests 14 alleged members of REvil ransomware gang5 articles · 4 sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
  2. Jan 7Ransomware attack affected websites of 5,000 schools9 articles · 9 sources
    1 left, 7 center, 1 right