Tag: ransom
ABC News Exclusive: Haiti kidnapping survivor breaks his silence
ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with Christian Aid Ministry member Austin Smucker about his harrowing experience surviving a kidnapping in Haiti. ABC News Live Prime,…
CDC revises mask guidance for fully vaccinated Americans l ABC News
Fully vaccinated Americans no longer need to wear masks indoors or outdoors, according to new CDC guidelines. However, it may take some time before some…
Costly ransomware attacks hits businesses, cities
In the wake of the attack against Colonial Pipeline, ABC News’ Alex Presha looks at how hackers are hitting businesses and cities with digital ransoms…
DOJ recovers millions paid in cyberattack ransom | WNT
The Justice Department announced Monday that it successfully seized millions of dollars in cryptocurrency that Colonial Pipeline paid to the cybercriminal group DarkSide last month….
DOJ recovered millions in ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline | ABC News
The Justice Department says they recovered $2.3 Million in Bitcoin ransom tied to last month’s Colonial Pipeline hack. The cyberattack led to widespread gas shortages…
FBI says ransomware attacks have tripled in last year, urges companies not to pay
FBI Director Christopher Wray said the agency is investigating over 100 ransomware attacks and said the problem is worsening. He said paying the ransom “encourages…
FBI makes contact with gang suspected of kidnapping missionary group l WNT
The gang in Haiti is suspected of holding 16 U.S. citizens — including five children — and one Canadian, and is reportedly demanding $1 million…
U.S. officials working on release of 16 American hostages in Haiti
ABC News’ Marcus Moore reports on the latest developments in the kidnapping of American missionaries in Haiti and the ransom demand of $17 million for…
ABC NEWS LIVE: Former President Trump sues Jan. 6 investigative committee
Plus, families and survivors from the 2018 Parkland shooting reach a $25 million-dollar settlement, and gang demands $17M ransom for 17 missionaries abducted in Haiti….
New threat from gang leader believed to have kidnapped 17 missionaries in Haiti
ABC correspondent Marcus Moore is in Port Au Prince, Haiti, discussing the U.S. response to the new video from the gang leader and how the…
YouTuber Grant Thompson dies at 38 l ABC News
The creator and star of the popular YouTube channel “King of Random” dies after a paragliding accident in Utah. #ABCNews #YouTube #GrantThompson #KingofRandom source
3 Baltimore men freed after 36 years of imprisonment
Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins and Andrew Stewart were arrested on Thanksgiving Day in 1983 and falsely convicted of murdering a Baltimore teenager. WATCH THE FULL…
Catch Me If You Can l 20/20 l PART 1
The night a marijuana dispensary owner was kidnapped, tortured and maimed: Part 1 Mary Barnes said she and her roommate, dispensary owner Michael, were kidnapped…
Catch Me If You Can l 20/20 l PART 2
Woman kidnapped with marijuana dispensary owner seeks help in Mojave Desert: Part 2 Sgt. Steve Williams said he was on his way to work when…
Catch Me If You Can l 20/20 l PART 3
Kidnapping investigation leads police to first suspect, clue to another: Part 3 Sgt. Ryan Peters said the investigation led to Kyle Handley, who had grown…
Catch Me If You Can l 20/20 l PART 4
Hossein Nayeri meets future wife Cortney Shegerian, becomes a fugitive: Part 4 At 24, Nayeri met Shegerian, then 16, and began a relationship to the…
Catch Me If You Can l 20/20 l PART 5
Cortney Shegarian on being with Hossein Nayeri, he tracks kidnap victim: Part 5 Shegerian married Nayeri but said his controlling behavior made her feel “trapped.”…
