Norwegian newspaper VG reported that the ransom was for 9 million euros ($9.8 million) to be paid in cryptocurrency.
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The storm hit the same area as a 1992 New Year’s hurricane, one of the strongest storms in Norway’s history, the newspaper VG said.
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