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Windows ransomware group Cl0p has released some of the data it stole from consultancy firm PwC on the clear web. The attackers have claimed to be in possession of 121GB of data plus archives.

Data published by the individual(s), who attacked the medical insurer Medibank Group using ransomware, has now been linked to a forum on the clear Web, the same forum where the data from telco Singtel Optus was released. Ransomware generally attacks only systems running Microsoft's Windows operating system.

The website of the prolific ransomware group REvil has come back online about two months after it disappeared following an attack on a number of managed service providers.

Researchers from the US and the UK have found that only a small fraction of those who use the Tor browser — which can access sites on the so-called dark web — are likely to do so for malicious purposes.