Manchester United are held in ransom for millions of pounds through cybercriminals who have paralyzed the club’s systems, Sportsmail reveals.
United has convened a team of technical experts to involve the “desastrous” attack introduced more than a week ago.
But it is understood that hackers still have United under control after the National Cyber Security Center showed Thursday night that they were helping the club in the crisis.
Manchester United PC systems are still under the control of cyber hackers
Hackers ask for cash for their control of United (the club’s executive vice president, Ed Woodward, pictured left)
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