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Of the 53 ransomware groups whose underworld websites, where the crooks name their victims and leak stolen data, that the incident response team monitored, just six accounted for more than half of the total infections observed. Scorpius is the lucky constellation that Unit 42 connects to ransomware gangs.
Maksim Silnikau, 38, was recently extradited to the US from Poland and was formally indicted in both New Jersey and Virginia for crimes relating to malvertising and ransomware respectively. The UK's National Crime Agency said in a concurrent announcement that it had been investigating Silnikau since 2015 and that it led the international operation that led to the man's arrest in Spain last year.
Kootenai Health has disclosed a data breach impacting over 464,000 patients after their personal information was stolen and leaked by the 3AM ransomware operation. [...]
The Dispossessor ransomware group is the latest to enter the cybercrime graveyard with the Feds proudly laying claim to the takedown. The FBI said it took down the "Radar/Dispossessor" group.
Belarusian-Ukrainian national Maksim Silnikau was arrested in Spain and is now extradited to the USA to face charges for creating the Ransom Cartel ransomware operation in 2021 and running a...
Australian gold mining firm Evolution Mining has announced on Monday that it became aware on 8 August 2024 of a ransomware attack impacting its IT systems, and has been working with its external cyber forensic experts to investigate the incident. "Based on work to date, the Company believes the incident is now contained," Evolution Mining said.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday announced the disruption of online infrastructure associated with a nascent ransomware group called Dispossessor. "Since its inception in August 2023, Radar/Dispossessor has quickly developed into an internationally impactful ransomware group, targeting and attacking small-to-mid-sized businesses and organizations from the production, development, education, healthcare, financial services, and transportation sectors," the FBI said in a statement.
FBI Cleveland announced the disruption of "Radar/Dispossessor"-the criminal ransomware group led by the online moniker "Brain"-and the dismantling of three U.S. servers, three United Kingdom servers, 18 German servers, eight U.S.-based criminal domains, and one German-based criminal domain. Originally focused on entities in the United States, the investigation discovered 43 companies as victims of the attacks, from countries including Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Honduras, India, Canada, Croatia, Peru, Poland, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, and Germany.
The FBI announced on Monday that it seized the servers and websites of the Radar/Dispossessor ransomware operation following a joint international investigation. [...]
Evolution Mining has informed that it has been targeted by a ransomware attack on August 8, 2024, which impacted its IT systems. [...]