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Ocean Lotus versus car manufacturers. Ransomware versus dental practices. $5 million reward offered in Dridex case. Information operations and the UKs general election.

Published: Dec. 9, 2019, 9:31 p.m.

Ocean Lotus puts down more roots in automobile manufacturing. Ransomware hits dentists\u2019 IT providers as well as a Rhode Island town. The US is offering a reward of $5 million for information leading to the arrest or--and we stress \u201cor\u201d--conviction of Dridex proprietor Maksim Yakubets. Russian influence operations seem to be aiming at stirring things up over this week\u2019s British election. And an awful lot of Windows 7 machines still seem to be out there. Joe Carrigan from JHU ISI on McAfee predictions of two-stage ransomware extortion.\xa0\n For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief:\n https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2019/December/CyberWire_2019_12_09.html\xa0\n Support our show\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices