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UK paper The Independent delivered ransomware instead of news

The Independent has now cleaned up the infection, Trend Micro said

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A major UK newspaper is cleaning up its website after a criminals tried to deliver ransomware to thousands of its readers.

The attack affected the blogs section of The Independent newspaper’s website, Joseph C. Chen, a fraud researcher with Trend Micro, said in a blog post Tuesday.