Security News > 2023 > June > The Week in Ransomware - June 16th 2023 - Wave of Extortion
The MOVEit Transfer extortion attacks continue to dominate the news cycle, with the Clop ransomware operation now extorting organizations breached in the attacks.
We also learned more about ransomware attacks this week, with the Medusa operation extorting Argentina's National Securities Commission and Rhysida ransomware leaking data stolen from the Chilean Army.
June 11th 2023 Hackers add the National Securities Commission to their list of victims: they say they have sensitive data June 12th 2023 New STOP ransomware variants.
June 15th 2023 Clop ransomware gang starts extorting MOVEit data-theft victims.
The Clop ransomware gang has started extorting companies impacted by the MOVEit data theft attacks, first listing the company's names on a data leak site-an often-employed tactic before public disclosure of stolen information.
Suspected LockBit ransomware affiliate arrested, charged in US. Russian national Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov was arrested in Arizona and charged by the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly deploying LockBit ransomware on the networks of victims in the United States and abroad. Rhysida ransomware leaks documents stolen from Chilean Army.