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The threat actors behind the Hive ransomware-as-a-service scheme have launched attacks against over 1,300 companies across the world, netting the gang $100 million in illicit payments as of November 2022."Hive ransomware has targeted a wide range of businesses and critical infrastructure sectors, including government facilities, communications, critical manufacturing, information technology, and - especially - Healthcare and Public Health," U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence authorities said in an alert.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said today that the notorious Hive ransomware gang has successfully extorted roughly $100 million from over a thousand companies since June 2021. To add insult to injury, the FBI says that the Hive gang will deploy additional ransomware payloads on the networks of victims who refuse to pay the ransom.

The Hive ransomware-as-a-service group has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack against Tata Power that was disclosed by the company less than two weeks ago. The threat actor has also been observed leaking stolen data exfiltrated prior to encrypting the network as part of its double extortion scheme.

Hive ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack disclosed by Tata Power this month.A subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Tata Group, Tata Power is India's largest integrated power company based in Mumbai.

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The Hive ransomware operation claimed responsibility for an attack on the New York Racing Association, which previously disclosed that a cyber attack on June 30, 2022, impacted IT operations and website availability and compromised member data. NYRA is the operator of the three largest thoroughbred horse racing tracks in New York, namely the Aqueduct Racetrack, the Belmont Park, and the Saratoga Race Course.

The Hive ransomware gang claimed responsibility for an attack that hit the systems of Bell Canada subsidiary Bell Technical Solutions.BTS is an independent subsidiary with more than 4,500 employees, specializing in installing Bell services for residential and small business customers across the Ontario and Québec provinces.

A bad Microsoft Defender signature update mistakenly detects Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Discord, and other Electron apps as 'Win32/Hive. The issue started Sunday morning when Microsoft pushed out Defender signature update 1.373.1508.0 to include two new threat detections, including Behavior:Win32/Hive.

Damart, a French clothing company with over 130 stores across the world, is being extorted for $2 million after a cyberattack from the Hive ransomware gang. Damart has not engaged in negotiations with the cybercriminals yet but informed the national police of the incident, which makes it unlikely that Hive would receive a payment.

Damart, a French clothing company with over 130 stores across the world, is being extorted for $2 million after a cyberattack from the Hive ransomware gang. A report from Valéry Marchive, who was able to retrieve a leaked ransom note and published details on LeMagIT, notes that the hackers are not willing to negotiate and expect parent company Damartex to pay the full ransom.