Security News > 2024 > May > The Week in Ransomware - May 17th 2024 - Mailbombing is back
After the Conti suffered a massive data breach, the ransomware operation shut down and its members splintered into different groups or launched their own ransomware operations.
Ransomware phishing attacks also took front stage this week, with the Phorpiex botnet sending millions of emails that led to LockBit Black ransomware attacks, with the encryptor believed to have been created using LockBit's leaked source code.
Finally, Australian electronic prescription provider MediSecure shut down its IT systems and phones after suffering a 'large-scale' ransomware data breach.
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CISA: Black Basta ransomware breached over 500 orgs worldwide.