Incidents involving malware or ransomware. In some cases, incidents called “ransomware” do not involve any locking but merely hack, exfiltrate, and attempt to extort.
BVI News reports: The BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) continues to grapple with the aftermath of a ransomware attack that occurred in August 2024, resulting in operational disruptions and significant financial costs. General Manager Dr Neil Smith disclosed that the cyberattack cost the corporation “magnitudes of hundreds of thousands of dollars,” though he refrained from specifying […]
The U.S. Department of Justice announced: A dual Russian and Israeli national was extradited to the United States on charges that he was a developer of the LockBit ransomware group, United States Attorney John Giordano announced. In August, Rostislav Panev, 51, was arrested in Israel pursuant to a U.S. provisional arrest request. Today, Panev was […]
Dark Reading reports: Medusa ransomware attacks are increasingly becoming a core tool for a threat group known as “Spearwing,” which has amassed hundreds of victims since 2023; nearly 400, in fact, have been listed on its leak site. The ransom demands when using Medusa ransomware range from $100,000 to a whopping $15 million, according to […]
CSO Online reports: In late February, healthcare organizations across the US started receiving extortion demands by mail claiming that their organization’s data had been stolen in a ransomware attack and giving them 10 days to respond. According to the letters, printed on paper and delivered in envelopes purporting to be from the BianLian ransomware group, […]
Dark Reading reports: Qilin, a Russian-speaking cybercrime group, has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack that impacted Lee Enterprises’ operations in early February. Lee Enterprises is one of the largest newspaper groups in the US, with publications in 72 markets, including The Buffalo News, Omaha World-Herald, and the Richmond Times-Dispatch. It filed a report last month with the SEC […]
Teiss reports: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and its parent company, Point32Health, have reached a $16 million settlement to resolve claims arising from a 2023 ransomware attack that compromised the sensitive data of nearly three million individuals. The agreement follows multiple class action lawsuits that were consolidated into a single case in the U.S. District Court […]
Once again, it seems an internal – and perhaps politically driven – conflict in a ransomware gang has resulted in the leak of internal chats and information. TechCrunch reports: A trove of chat logs allegedly belonging to the Black Basta ransomware group has leaked online, exposing key members of the prolific Russia-linked gang. The chat […]
From a joint advisory by CISA and the FBI: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) are releasing this joint advisory to disseminate known Ghost (Cring)— (“Ghost”)—ransomware IOCs and TTPs identified through FBI investigation as recently as January 2025. Beginning early […]
The HIPAA Journal reports: A District Court Judge has set a March 2025 deadline for Change Healthcare to file motions to dismiss certain claims raised in multiple complaints in response to its February 2024 ransomware attack and data breach. In February 2024, Change Healthcare suffered a ransomware attack that resulted in file encryption and the […]
