Proportion paying ransoms declines in Q1 2024, even as takings break a new record

2024-04-23 04:50 AM by Wanda Parisien

This compares with 29% paying up in the last quarter of 2023, continuing a downward trend observed since 2019. In Q1 2019 85% paid up, according to Coveware’s figures. It comes as organisations implement advanced protective measures, face regulatory pressure not to pay, and as the belief that cybercriminals will act according to their promises …

The Gathering’ Artists on Leaked AI List

2024-01-08 11:20 AM by Eugen Boglaru

HT Webster’s prophetic 2023 cartoon A list of over 4,000 artists whose work was used to train artificial intelligence (AI) products has been making the rounds of social media since Jon Lam, a storyboard artist at Riot Games, Tweeted screenshots of conversations with Midjourney CEO David Holz on the Midjourney Discord server. The conversations included …