Ransomware Payments, Cisco Patent Infringement, Excel Error, and Cybercrime Growth

Paying ransomware ransom is now illegal, according to the Treasury Department

Cisco ordered to pay $1.9 billion for security patent infringement

Covid tracking in Microsoft Excel loses 16,000 test results in England

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