MSI confirms breach by new ransomware group

'Money Message' claims to have stolen 1.5 TB of data

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Money Message has demanded $4 million from MSI
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Money Message has demanded $4 million from MSI

Taiwanese PC vendor Micro-Star International (MSI) has suffered a network breach that impacted "some of its information service systems."

The firm confirmed the breach after being named as one of the victims by a new ransomware group called Money Message, in a hacking forum. The gang claims to have taken 1.5TB of data from MSI, in...

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