Security News > 2022 > August > The Week in Ransomware - August 26th 2022 - Fighting back
Last week, LockBit claimed responsibility for a ransomware attack on cybersecurity giant Entrust and began leaking the company's allegedly stolen data Friday evening.
Researchers released reports this week on a Genshin Impact anti-cheat driver being abused to terminate antivirus processes during ransomware attacks and a new extortion group called Donut Leaks.
August 22nd 2022 LockBit ransomware blames Entrust for DDoS attacks on leak sites.
The LockBit ransomware operation's data leak sites have been shut down over the weekend due to a DDoS attack telling them to remove Entrust's allegedly stolen data.
August 23rd 2022 New 'Donut Leaks' extortion gang linked to recent ransomware attacks.
August 26th 2022 An interview with initial access broker Wazawaka: 'There is no such money anywhere as there is in ransomware' Matveev talked to Recorded Future analyst and product manager Dmitry Smilyanets about his interaction with other hackers, details about ransomware attacks he's been involved in, and how he settled on the name Babuk.