Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency, was in on the bust. (Europol)
Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in August 2011 at the Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka base in Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jacob D. Moore)
A bus driver in Pernambuco, Brazil, wears a face mask with Brazil’s flag. Crooks in Brazil are impersonating government apps used to sign up for financial relief and sending people a flurry of text and email messages asking them to hand over their data. (Getty Images)
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Brazilian currency. A new banking trojan is targeting Brazilian banks (Flickr/Mark Hillary).
Some of the Brazilian banks targeted operate in Spain, Portugal and across Latin America, according to IBM.
Apr 21, 2020
By
Sean Lyngaas
IBM X-Force Red interns — including Hannah Robbins and Scott Brink — at work in a lab in Austin. (IBM)
Of all the get rich quick schemes the internet has seen, ransomware has to be one of the most lucrative of all time. A billion dollar business,…