GMO Internet Suffers $50 Million Ransom Attack, Affecting Multiple Services] Japanese IT giant GMO Internet has been hacked and is facing a $50 million ransom demand. Its refusal to pay has led to a suspected leak of customer information, the suspension of its forex trading service, and the compromise of its domain name and all servers for its cloud service, Onamae. GMO Internet's cryptocurrency exchange (Z.com) EX, which has been licensed by the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission and the Thai Ministry of Finance, was acquired last week. (Source: Bloomberg)