US sanctions Chinese firm over potentially deadly ransomware attack

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US sanctions Chinese firm over potentially deadly ransomware attack
The United States sanctioned a Chinese cyber security company over an ambitious cyberattack that US Treasury officials say could have killed people. The Treasury said in a statement that the Chengdu-based Sichuan Silence Information Technology Company and one of its employees, Guan Tianfeng, ...

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