Security News > 2023 > March > The Week in Ransomware - March 10th 2023 - Police Take Action
After the U.S. sanctioned Evil Corp in 2019 for causing over $100 million in financial damages, many ransomware recovery and negotiation firms refused to interact with the ransomware operation, causing a significant decrease in ransom payments.
Another significant news this week came today, with the SEC announcing a settlement with BlackBaud for failing to disclose the full impact of a 2020 ransomware attack that affected more than 13,000 customers.
New research was also released this week on the ESXi encryptor of the Royal Ransomware and a new IceFire Linux encryptor.
March 7th 2023 Hospital Clínic de Barcelona severely impacted by ransomware attack.
The Hospital Clínic de Barcelona suffered a ransomware attack on Sunday morning, severely disrupting its healthcare services after the institution's virtual machines were targeted by the attacks.
The Medusa ransomware gang is demanding a $1,000,000 ransom from the Minneapolis Public Schools district to delete data allegedly stolen in a ransomware attack.