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Lawmakers noted the pharmacies' policies for releasing medical records in a letter dated Tuesday to the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra. All eight of the pharmacies said they do not require law enforcement to have a warrant prior to sharing private and sensitive medical records, which can include the prescription drugs a person used or uses and their medical conditions.
French authorities arrested a Russian national in Paris for allegedly helping the Hive ransomware gang with laundering their victims' ransom payments. "New arrest in the Hive ransomware affair: after the international search in January to dismantle this network of hackers constituting a serious threat, the Judicial Police arrested in Paris an individual suspected of having laundered money from these cyber attacks," the French National Police said.
An international law enforcement operation claims to have dismantled a ransomware affiliate operation in Ukraine, which was responsible for attacks on organizations in 71 countries. In other news, ransomware attacks have been surging, with further information about attacks being disclosed this week.
In cooperation with Europol and Eurojust, law enforcement agencies from seven nations have arrested in Ukraine the core members of a ransomware group linked to attacks against organizations in 71 countries. The cybercriminals paralyzed major corporations' operations in attacks using ransomware such as LockerGoga, MegaCortex, HIVE, and Dharma.
The notorious BulletProftLink phishing-as-a-service platform that provided more than 300 phishing templates has been seized, the Royal Malaysian Police announced. PhaaS platforms provide cybercriminals with tools and resources to carry out phishing attacks through "Ready-to-use" kits and templates, page hosting, customization options, credential harvesting, and reverse proxying tools.
The Nigerian Police Form has arrested six suspects and dismantled a mentoring hub linked to cybercrime activities, including business email compromise, romance, and investment scams. After receiving intelligence and investigating a group of individuals suspected of cybercrime, six individuals were arrested on September 13th, 2023, in the Dantata estate area.
Law enforcement agencies arrested a malware developer linked with the Ragnar Locker ransomware gang and seized the group's dark web sites in a joint international operation. Authorities from France, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Japan, Canada, and the United States were part of this international operation targeting the Ragnar Locker ransomware gang.
The Ragnar Locker ransomware operation's Tor negotiation and data leak sites were seized Thursday morning as part of an international law enforcement operation. A Europol spokesperson has confirmed the seizure message is legitimate as part of an ongoing action targeting the Ragnar Locker ransomware gang and that a press release will be published tomorrow.
The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has modified a ruling from last month to add the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to a list of US government entities prohibited from working with social media firms to curtail the spread of misinformation. In other words, stopping CISA from asking social media sites to restrict the reach of misinformation would interrupt the bulk of the Biden administration's moderation requests.
The UK's Greater Manchester Police has admitted that crooks have got their mitts on some of its data after a third-party supplier responsible for ID badges was attacked. Assistant Chief Constable Colin McFarlane of Greater Manchester Police said: "We are aware of a ransomware attack affecting a third-party supplier of various UK organizations, including GMP, which holds some information on those employed by GMP.".