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Ocean Lotus versus car manufacturers. Ransomware versus dental practices. $5 million reward offered in Dridex case. Information operations and the UK’s general election.

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Ocean Lotus puts down more roots in automobile manufacturing. Ransomware hits dentists’ IT providers as well as a Rhode Island town. The US is offering a reward of $5 million for information leading to the arrest or--and we stress “or”--conviction of Dridex proprietor Maksim Yakubets. Russian influence operations seem to be aiming at stirring things up over this week’s British election. And an awful lot of Windows 7 machines still seem to be out there. Joe Carrigan from JHU ISI on McAfee predictions of two-stage ransomware extortion. 
For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief:
https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2019/December/CyberWire_2019_12_09.html 
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