Officials said a Russian criminal group posted a copy of eight files stolen from the port’s system on its dark website Monday.
SEATTLE — Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) said at a congressional hearing Wednesday that a Russian criminal organization requested $6 million worth of Bitcoin from the Port of Seattle in last month’s ransomware attack.
The Port of Seattle said last month that a criminal organization behind the attack, known as Rhysida, stole data in a ransomware attack discovered on Aug. 24. Officials said the attackers encrypted access to some data before the port disconnected its systems from the Internet. The combination of the attack and
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