London hospitals declare emergency following ransomware attack
Attack takes out third-party testing and diagnostics provider critical to care.
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cybercrime, government of seattle, hacker groups, library, ransomware, revil, seattle public library, Tech Industry, Tech NewsSeattle Public Library Website and Ebook Lending Are Down Following Ransomware Attack
Read more: Seattle Public Library Website and Ebook Lending Are Down Following Ransomware AttackThe Seattle Public Library has been hit by a “ransomware event” that’s impacted several systems, including ebook lending and the library’s website, according to a new report from the WordPress blog maintained by the library. But the library’s physical …
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Newly discovered ransomware uses BitLocker to encrypt victim data
Read more: Newly discovered ransomware uses BitLocker to encrypt victim dataShrinkLocker is the latest ransomware to use Windows’ full-disk encryption.
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Biz & IT, black basta, CISA, Critical Infrastructure, ransomware, Security, Tech Industry, Tech News
Black Basta ransomware group is imperiling critical infrastructure, groups warn
Read more: Black Basta ransomware group is imperiling critical infrastructure, groups warnThreat group has targeted 500 organizations. One is currently struggling to cope.
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The mastermind of the prolific ransomware group LockBit has finally been unmasked
Read more: The mastermind of the prolific ransomware group LockBit has finally been unmaskedThe US places a $10 million bounty for the arrest of Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev.
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What we learned from the indictment of LockBit’s mastermind
Read more: What we learned from the indictment of LockBit’s mastermindOn Tuesday, U.S. and U.K. authorities revealed that the mastermind behind LockBit, one of the most prolific and damaging ransomware groups in history, is a 31-year-old Russian named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, aka “LockbitSupp.” As it’s cus…
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cybercrime, Cybersecurity, FBI, infosec, lockbit, NCA, ransomware, Security, Tech Industry, Tech News
US, UK police identify and charge Russian leader of LockBit ransomware gang
Read more: US, UK police identify and charge Russian leader of LockBit ransomware gangThe identity of the leader of one of the most infamous ransomware groups in history has finally been revealed. On Tuesday, a coalition of law enforcement led by the U.K.’s National Crime Agency announced that Russian national, Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshe…
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Police resurrect Lockbit’s site and troll the ransomware gang
Read more: Police resurrect Lockbit’s site and troll the ransomware gangAn international coalition of police agencies have resurrected the dark web site of the notorious LockBit ransomware gang, which they had seized earlier this year, teasing new revelations about the group. On Sunday, what was once LockBit’s official dar…
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Biotech & Health, Change Healthcare, Cybersecurity, data breach, infosec, ransomware, Security, Tech Industry, Tech News, unitedhealth, UnitedHealth Group
United HealthCare CEO says ‘maybe a third’ of U.S. citizens were affected by recent hack
Read more: United HealthCare CEO says ‘maybe a third’ of U.S. citizens were affected by recent hackTwo months after hackers broke into Change Healthcare systems stealing and then encrypting company data, it’s still unclear how many Americans were impacted by the cyberattack. Last month, Andrew Witty, the CEO of Change Healthcare’s parent company Uni…
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Change Healthcare, Cybersecurity, infosec, ransomware, Security, Tech Industry, Tech News, unitedhealth, UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealth CEO tells Senate all systems now have multi-factor authentication after hack
Read more: UnitedHealth CEO tells Senate all systems now have multi-factor authentication after hackUnitedHealth Group chief executive officer Andrew Witty told senators on Wednesday that the company has now enabled multi-factor authentication on all the company’s systems exposed to the internet in response to the recent cyberattack against its subsi…
