HBO offered $250,000 to hackers in bid to delay data release

Friday, August 11, 2017 - 14:02 in Mathematics & Economics

HBO last month offered $250,000 to cyber criminals who hacked into its computer system, asking them to extend a deadline for paying a much larger ransom, according to an email reviewed by Reuters.

Read the whole article on CBC: Technology & Science

More from CBC: Technology & Science

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net