The Russia-linked group, which has been in the crosshairs of the US cybersecurity establishment, has demanded the payment in exchange of restoring the data they are holding ransom.
Rumsfeld's equivocations around the Iraq WMD theory still remain as evidence to the notorious misjudgment of the US administration nearly 20 years ago.
The US says satellite launches are a violation of UN Security Council resolutions and fears that Iran is secretly going ahead with a ballistic missile program.