*[Enwl-eng] Ransomware hackers train their sights on bitcoin

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                  Global Edition - Today's top story: International 
ransomware gangs are evolving their techniques. The next generation of 
hackers will target weaknesses in cryptocurrencies View in browser
                   Global Edition | 31 August 2023







                  Ransomware is one of the key methods online scammers use 
to coerce cash out of unsuspecting victims. This is when hackers gain access 
to a computer network and then threaten to delete – or make public – private 
information unless a ransom is paid.

                  The first reported ransomware attack took place in 1989 
and used floppy disks. Since then, the attackers have been evolving their 
techniques on the dark web. Hitting bigger and bigger targets, they have 
gained in confidence. We chart this worrying development in our latest 
Insights long read and examine how the next generation of hackers could 
exploit weaknesses in cryptocurrencies.

                  Ghanaian fashion designer Kofi Ansah had a successful 
career in the UK. But after he returned to his home country, he had an even 
greater impact by influencing styles, manufacturing and business practices. 
Adwoa Owusuaa Bobie, Adwoa Owusuaa Bobie, Akosua Keseboa Darkwa and 
Katherine Gough use the late Ansah’s case to illustrate the potential of 
“brain gain” – when highly skilled and experienced African professionals 
come home.

                          Paul Keaveny

                        Investigations Editor, Insights



                  Shutterstock/JLStock
                  International ransomware gangs are evolving their 
techniques. The next generation of hackers will target weaknesses in 
cryptocurrencies
                  Alpesh Bhudia, Royal Holloway University of London; Anna 
Cartwright, Oxford Brookes University; Darren Hurley-Smith, Royal Holloway 
University of London; Edward Cartwright, De Montfort University

                  What will ransomware attackers focus on next?


                  Kofi Ansah changed fashion in Ghana after his return from 
the UK. Eric Don-Arthur, courtesy of Kofi Ansah Foundation
                  Kofi Ansah left Ghana to become a world famous fashion 
designer - how his return home boosted the industry
                  Adwoa Owusuaa Bobie, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science 
and Technology (KNUST); Akosua Keseboa Darkwah, University of Ghana; 
Katherine V. Gough, Loughborough University

                  International career mobility can give people valuable 
knowledge and expertise to be used in their home country.


                  When teens can’t sleep, they often scroll online well into 
the night, which only exacerbates the problem. ljubaphoto/E+ via Getty 
Images
                  Screen time is contributing to chronic sleep deprivation 
in tweens and teens – a pediatric sleep expert explains how critical sleep 
is to kids’ mental health
                  Maida Lynn Chen, University of Washington

                  Exposure to screens before bedtime can contribute to 
chronic sleep deprivation, which raises the risk for anxiety, depression and 
even suicidal thoughts.


                  PFAS concentrations were discovered in almost all of the 
paper and bamboo straws tested. Sia Footage/Shutterstock
                  ‘Eco-friendly’ straws contain potentially toxic 
chemicals – posing a threat to people and wildlife
                  Ovokeroye Abafe, University of Birmingham

                  Paper and bamboo straws contain ‘forever chemicals’ – 
maybe threatening the health of people and wildlife.


                  The coup enjoys a high degree of popular support in Niger. 
EPA-EFE/Issifou Djibo
                  Niger’s resource paradox: what should make the country 
rich has made it a target for predators
                  Francis Okpaleke, University of Waikato; Olumba E. Ezenwa, 
Royal Holloway University of London

                  A geopolitical struggle for valuable resources such as 
uranium is behind the wrangling over Niger.






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