Cantwell: Russian criminal organization requested $6 million of Bitcoin from Port of Seattle in ransomware attack
Officials said a Russian criminal group posted a copy of eight files stolen from the port's system on its dark website Monday.
Hackers demanded $6 million in bitcoin for Sea-Tac Airport cyberattack, officials say
A recent cyberattack on Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) resulted in a $6 million ransom demand in bitcoin from a group believed to be linked to Russia, officials revealed on Wednesday Sept.
Port of Seattle’s refusal to pay bitcoin ransom highlights cybersecurity dilemma
The Port of Seattle is dealing with a common conundrum facing victims of a ransomware attack: to pay, or not to pay.
Sea-Tac refuses to pay 100-bitcoin ransom after August cyberattack
It's unclear how much information the ransomware gang Rhysida accessed. The group is demanding 100 bitcoins, or about $6 million.
Ransomeware group that attacked Sea-Tac Airport’s systems demands $6M in bitcoin
The Port of Seattle did not pay, and instead spent about a week getting the airport’s systems back online. In a news release last week, the port identified the group behind the attack as Rhysida. On Wednesday,
U.S. Senate panel presses for answers from Sea-Tac airport following cyberattack
Members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Technology, chaired by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., pressed officials from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Wednesday about last
Group14 lands $200M grant to build factory to make key ingredient for battery materials
Group14 Technologies announced today that it has received a $200 million grant to build a plant that will produce silane gas, ...
Sen. Maria Cantwell convenes Senate hearing to investigate airport cyberattacks
U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell convened a panel on Wednesday focused on cybersecurity threats faced by airports like the one at Sea ...
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Congress Tackles Cybersecurity In Aviation
Cybersecurity on airplanes and in airports is top of mind again. Following last month’s apparent attack at Seattle-Tacoma ...
Facing steep odds in Senate race against Maria Cantwell, physician Dr Raul Garcia's unconventional campaign focuses on health care
It's not easy to get elected to statewide office as a Republican in Washington state. When voters don't know your name, it's just about impossible. That's the problem Raul Garcia, an emergency ...
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Garcia challenges seasoned incumbent Cantwell for U.S. Senate seat
Maria Cantwell. “I see so much of it in the ER and then to have it in our home,” Garcia said. Another reason for running: ...
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Cantwell keys in on waterfront issues during visit
Ilwaco port commission chair Butch Smith surprised U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell with a sign of Ilwaco's newest street, Sen.
Eastern Washington University awarded over $500,000 in federal funding to train future science teachers
The $599,968 from a federal grant will help train 20 future science teachers learning at EWU, as the number of STEM jobs in ...
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Senator visits Grays Harbor to discuss economic grant
Sen. Maria Cantwell visited the county, touring Grays Harbor College and meeting with county notables to discuss a $500,000 ...
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Kitsap Transit receives $13.5 million to replace aging ferry
Kitsap Transit has been awarded $13.5 million in federal funding to replace its aging fast ferry, the MV Finest, which serves ...
Kitsap Transit secures most of funding needed for ferry replacement
The local agency that operates passenger ferries between the Kitsap Peninsula and downtown Seattle will receive $13.5 million ...
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory vessel dedicated at ceremony
SEQUIM — Scientists, politicians and local officials gathered to commemorate the U.S. Department of Energy’s first hybrid ...