Asokan is senior correspondent for Information Security Media Group's global news desk. She has previously worked with IDG and other publications where she reported on developments in technology, minority-rights and education.
The cryptocurrency company Tether has refused to pay a ransom of 500 bitcoins ($24 million) after hackers threatened to leak sensitive data if the company failed to pay.
An unsecured database owned by an Ecuadorian consulting company left over 20 million records on the South American country's citizens exposed to the internet, according to a report from two independent security researchers. An official investigation is underway.
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