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This timely book explores the alarming rise of ransomware: malicious software blocking users from their systems or data until they've paid money to regain access or to prevent the release of sensitive information. High-profile British examples of the twenty-first century have targeted national libraries and healthcare organizations; in the US, hackers of Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley Health Network held patient data hostage—when their demands went unmet, they published topless photographs of women with breast cancer.

For the first time in history, the navies of the world have united against a common enemy - a couple of thousand rag-tag, underfed men and boys in the western Indian Ocean. Crammed into open boats and armed with ancient AK-47s, they range up to a thousand miles from home shores in Somalia. No one knows how many die at sea. But occasionally they hit the jackpot, seizing vessels and crews to be ransomed for millions of dollars.

Educational podcast about Thoroughbred horse rescue and how horses end up in precarious situations through auction lots and kill pens and how the racing industry and funding aftercare organizations turn a blind eye to the struggles rescues face every day.

"$400 Million to Iran Was Not a Ransom, Obama Says" is from the August 04, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Helene Cooper and Michael S. Schmidt and narrated by Jenny Hoops.