Irish Prime Minister rules out paying ransom to cyber gang after health service attack

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The Conti ransomware operators have reportedly demanded a $20 million ransom from HSE

Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin said on Monday that the government would not pay any ransom to the cyber criminals who attacked the Ireland Health Service (HSE) last week and disrupted health s...

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