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Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2020
US administration requests $9.8B for cyber 2021 budget for the Department of Defense

The US administration requested $9.8 billion for cyber in next year’s budget for the Department of Defense, the amount is the same as last year. The US administration requested $9.8 billion for cyber operations in next year’s budget for the Department of Defense, a data that confirms the strategic importance of the fifth domain of […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 09, 2020
Maastricht University finally paid a 30 bitcoin ransom to crooks

In December, Maastricht University was hit with ransomware attack, now the university admitted to have paid the ransom requested by crooks. In December 2019, Maastricht University (UM) announced that ransomware infected almost all of its Windows systems on December 23. Maastricht University is an excellent university attended by over 18,000 students, roughly 4,400 employees, and 70,000 alumni. “Maastricht […]