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A coordinated law enforcement operation has led to the arrest of key individuals in Ukraine who are alleged to be a part of several ransomware schemes. "On 21 November, 30 properties were searched...
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.
A ransomware attack on the "Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore" MMORPG last Friday destroyed 17,000 player accounts, deleting their in-game items and progress in the game. This is not the first time a game publisher has been targeted in ransomware attacks, but they usually impact the company rather than the players.
American healthcare company Henry Schein has reported a second cyberattack this month by the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware gang, who also breached their network in October. Henry Schein is a Fortune 500 healthcare products and services provider with operations and affiliates in 32 countries and a revenue of over $12 billion reported in 2022.
Ardent Health Services, a healthcare provider operating 30 hospitals across six U.S. states, disclosed today that its systems were hit by a ransomware attack on Thursday. "Ardent Health Services and its affiliated entities became aware of an information technology cybersecurity incident on the morning of November 23, 2023, which has since been determined to be a ransomware attack," the organization said on Monday.
Slovenian power company Holding Slovenske Elektrarne has suffered a ransomware attack that compromised its systems and encrypted files, yet the company says the incident did not disrupt electric power production. HSE is Slovenia's largest power generation company, accounting for roughly 60% of domestic production, and it is considered critical infrastructure in the country.
Isaac Newton sculpture outside the British library Pic: Sampajano Anizza/Shutterstock. What makes the British Library an intriguing victim is the sort of work it does.
Fortune 500 insurance biz Fidelity National Financial has confirmed that it has fallen victim to a "Cybersecurity incident." FNF recorded more than $11 billion in total revenue in 2022 and is one of the largest underwriters of title insurance and providers of transaction services to the real estate and mortgage industries in the US. Although investigations remain ongoing and the company has not yet disclosed the incident's material impact on trade, it did say an intruder "Accessed certain FNF systems and acquired certain credentials."
Multiple threat actors, including LockBit ransomware affiliates, are actively exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw in Citrix NetScaler application delivery control (ADC) and...
The ransomware strain known as Play is now being offered to other threat actors "as a service," new evidence unearthed by Adlumin has revealed. "The unusual lack of even small variations between...