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Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/iran-millions-ransom-massive-cyberattack-banks/
Iran Pays Millions in Ransom to End Massive Cyberattack on Banks
(Politico) Matthew Karnitschnig - An Iranian firm paid at least $3 million in ransom last month to stop an anonymous group of hackers known as IRLeaks from releasing individual account data from 20 domestic banks in what appears to be the worst cyberattack the country has seen. The mid-August breach forced banks to shut down cash machines across the country. People familiar with the Iranian banking hack said IRLeaks is affiliated with neither the U.S. nor Israel, suggesting the attack may have been the work of freelance hackers driven primarily by financial motives.