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Paying a ransomware ransom is perceived by managers as a reliable way of dealing with the problem, to the point that close to 90 % of companies that are victims of this cyberattack would pay if attacked again. The cybersecurity company Kaspersky conducted a survey of 900 business executives from…
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Bank of Argentina raises interest rates again

The board of directors of the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic raised the yield of the Liquidity Letters (Leliq) to 28 days, the reference rate in the country for the price of money, by 200 basic points, from 47 % to 49 %, as reported…

Bitcoin price falls below $30,000

The price of Bitcoin has dropped recently below $30,000 for the first time in 10 months, as recorded by media. The data presented by the different exchanges showed that the cryptocurrency reached $29,731, the last time it reached a similar…

Coinbase announces blockades in Russia

Major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase recently announced that it is proceeding to block accounts of citizens of Russia. Despite this, and as announced by various media, the company indicated that it is willing to allow the withdrawal of…

US sanctions a cryptocurrency company

The United States Department of the Treasury announced for the first time sanctions against a cryptocurrency mixing company, accused in this case of serving to hide funds linked to the North Korean regime. The firm in question, Blender,…

Chile reaches double-digit inflation

The Chilean Consumer Price Index climbed again in April to stand at an interannual rate of 10.5%, according to data released by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). The new increase in the price of products and services was caused…

Russia seeks ways to avoid EU sanctions

Russian authorities reported that the government is creating "mechanisms" to circumvent the sanctions imposed by the European Union as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The head of the Department of Economic Cooperation of the…

Goldman Sachs granted a loan to Coinbase

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase recently revealed that it secured special bitcoin-backed funding from Goldman Sachs. The objective of this transaction was generated to strengthen the ties between the world of digital assets and…

US registers record 11 million job openings

The number of unfilled jobs in the United States increased last March to an all-time high of 11.5 million vacancies, up from 11.34 million the previous month and more than three million above 8, 4 million as of March 2021, according to…