Bill Goodwin

Computer Weekly's Bill Goodwin has seen both sides of the courtroom during a career spent exposing the surveillance state and protecting those who wish to let the world know its secrets

The future of foreign exchange company Travelex, which was disrupted for weeks by a ransomware attack in January, hangs in the balance today after its parent company, Finablr, appointed accountants to prepare it for potential insolvency. Travelex…

Cyber criminals have threatened to raid the bank accounts of customers and employees of German automotive group Gedia, following a major cyber attack on the company’s headquarters last week. Gedia Automotive Group, based in Attendorn, has been forced…

The criminal group responsible for the cyber attack that has disrupted high-street banks and the foreign currency exchange chain Travelex for more than three weeks has launched what has been described as a “massive cyber attack” on a German…

Travelex said today that it was to begin restoring its IT systems, which provide electronic foreign exchange services to banks and its own branch network, nearly two weeks after the company was hit by cyber gangsters. The company faced a $6m demand…

Sodinokibi cyber gangsters have threatened to sell Travelex customers’ private data on a Russian underground cyber crime forum if it fails to pay a $6m ransom Cyber gangsters have stepped up the pressure on Travelex to pay a $6m ransom to decrypt the…

Foreign exchange company Travelex is facing demands for payment to decrypt critical computer files after it was hit by one of the most sophisticated ransomware attacks, known as Sodinokibi, which disabled its IT systems on New Year’s Eve. The…

Travelex switches off computer systems and resorts to cash-only currency sales after malware attack. Insiders claim the currency exchange chain has been hit by ransomware which has left critical files containing customer data encrypted The money…