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Duvel Moortgat Brewery was hit by a ransomware attack late last night, bringing to a halt the beer production in the company's bottling facilities. Earlier today, a spokersperson for the company told local media that their automated threat detection systems flagged the ransomware attack.
The threat actors behind the BlackCat ransomware have shut down their darknet website and likely pulled an exit scam after uploading a bogus law enforcement seizure banner. "ALPHV/BlackCat did not...
The cybercrime group called GhostSec has been linked to a Golang variant of a ransomware family called GhostLocker. “TheGhostSec and Stormous ransomware groups are jointly conducting double...
The US government has stepped in to help hospitals and other healthcare providers affected by the Change Healthcare ransomware infection, offering more relaxed Medicare rules and urging advanced funding to providers. Change, a UnitedHealth Group-owned IT services firm, provides software to more than 70,000 American pharmacies and healthcare organizations so they can electronically process insurance claims and fill prescription orders.
Criminals have probably stolen nearly 30,000 Fidelity Investments Life Insurance customers' personal and financial information - including bank account and routing numbers, credit card numbers and security or access codes - after breaking into Infosys' IT systems in the fall. The US-headquartered firm says it "Believes" the data included: names, Social Security numbers, states of residence, bank accounts and routing numbers, or credit/debit card numbers in combination with access code, password, and PIN for the account, and dates of birth.
Criminals have probably stolen nearly 30,000 Fidelity Investments Life Insurance customers' personal and financial information - including bank account and routing numbers, credit card numbers and security or access codes - after breaking into Infosys' IT systems in the fall. The US-headquartered firm says it "Believes" the data included: names, Social Security numbers, states of residence, bank accounts and routing numbers, or credit/debit card numbers in combination with access code, password, and PIN for the account, and dates of birth.
The BlackCat ransomware gang is pulling an exit scam, trying to shut down and run off with affiliates' money by pretending the FBI seized their site and infrastructure. "The ransomware gang started the exit-scam operation on Friday, when they took their Tor data leak blog offline. On Monday, they further shut down the negotiation servers, saying that they decided to turn everything off, amid complaints from an affiliate that the operators stole a $20 million Change Healthcare ransom from them."
The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang has shut down its servers amid claims that they scammed the affiliate responsible for the attack on Optum, the operator of the Change Healthcare platform, of $22 million. Today, BleepingComputer confirmed the ransomware operations negotiation sites are now shut down as well, indicating a further deliberate take down of the ransomware gang's infrastructure.
Global law enforcement authorities' attempts to shutter the LockBit ransomware crew have sparked a fresh call for a ban on ransomware payments to perpetrators. Martin's comments reflect a growing belief in the cybersecurity community that a ban on ransom payments is the only way to disrupt the crime in the long term, despite the challenges that would come with such a move.
U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned of Phobos ransomware attacks targeting government and critical infrastructure entities, outlining the various tactics and techniques the...