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Both Tasmania's casinos were attacked by Windows ransomware around Easter, according to a statement from the owner.

Australian media company Nine Entertainment has restored a number of major systems affected in a network attack which was made public on 28 March but things are still not back to normal.

Windows ransomware groups have been devising newer and newer ways of putting pressure on their victims to pay up. The latest tactic seems to be finding digital traces of someone who is looking at porn during office hours - and then embarrassing the organisation in question and forcing a payment.