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Premier aircraft leasing asset manager SKY Leasing has been hit by a gang of cyber criminals using the Windows Avaddon ransomware and the attackers have leaked 20 files of the company's data on the dark web.

The actors behind the various Windows ransomware packages changed their tactics to prise money out of their victims' hands in October last year, but it remains to be seen whether their use of social pressure will be more profitable than methods used earlier, a researcher from global security firm Sophos has observed.

Cyber criminals have used the Ako ransomware to attack Windows systems at the Hamilton Brown creative design agency in the UK, and released data from the company on the dark web after a ransom note did not evoke any response.