Japanese internet giant GMO tells customers to shut down and disconnect PCs from the internet following data breach and ransomware threat

Hackers threatened to install ransomware on user devices, but they never did.

Reported so far by one publisher.

Summary from TechRadar.

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TRD TechRadar Japanese internet giant GMO tells customers to shut down and disconnect PCs from the internet following data breach and ransomware threat · Sead Fadilpašić 8:15 AM

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