{"id":2119,"date":"2021-07-10T16:42:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T14:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/10\/how-bitcoin-and-putin-are-enabling-the-ransomware-crime-spree-john-naughton\/"},"modified":"2021-07-10T16:42:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T14:42:25","slug":"how-bitcoin-and-putin-are-enabling-the-ransomware-crime-spree-john-naughton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/10\/how-bitcoin-and-putin-are-enabling-the-ransomware-crime-spree-john-naughton\/","title":{"rendered":"How bitcoin and Putin are enabling the ransomware crime spree | John Naughton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A combination of cyber attackers\u2019 increased sophistication, the availability of cryptocurrencies and the activities of Russian security agencies has created a perfect storm<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve just visited the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaseya.com\/company\/\">Kaseya<\/a> website. \u201cWe Are Kaseya,\u201d it burbles cheerfully. \u201cProviding you with best-in-breed technologies that allow you to efficiently manage, secure and back up IT under a single pane of glass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTechnology,\u201d it continues, \u201cis the backbone of all modern business. Small to mid-size businesses deserve powerful security and IT management tools that are efficient, cost-effective, and secure. Enter Kaseya. We exist to help multi-function IT professionals get the most out of their IT tool stack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2021\/jul\/10\/how-bitcoin-and-putin-are-enabling-the-ransomware-spree\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ca15fa9156e4058df5b78a5d16b209b8fe8f0fbe\/0_859_3097_1857\/master\/3097.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=efdb26767a39984e46da1eb204bb0846\" title=\"How bitcoin and Putin are enabling the ransomware crime spree | John Naughton\" \/>A combination of cyber attackers\u2019 increased sophistication, the availability of cryptocurrencies and the activities of Russian security agencies has created a perfect storm<br \/>\nI\u2019ve just visited the Kaseya website. \u201cWe Are Kaseya,\u201d it burbles cheerfully. \u201cProviding you with best-in-breed technologies that allow you to efficiently manage, secure and back up IT under a single pane of glass.<br \/>\n\u201cTechnology,\u201d it continues, \u201cis the backbone of all modern business. Small to mid-size businesses deserve powerful security and IT management tools that are efficient, cost-effective, and secure. Enter Kaseya. We exist to help multi-function IT professionals get the most out of their IT tool stack.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A combination of cyber attackers\u2019 increased sophistication, the availability of cryptocurrencies and the activities of Russian security agencies has created a perfect storm I\u2019ve just visited the Kaseya website. \u201cWe Are Kaseya,\u201d it burbles cheerfully. \u201cProviding you with best-in-breed technologies that allow you to efficiently manage, secure and back up IT under a single pane &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/10\/how-bitcoin-and-putin-are-enabling-the-ransomware-crime-spree-john-naughton\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How bitcoin and Putin are enabling the ransomware crime spree | John Naughton<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}