Behind the Crypto Broker Accused of Enabling Ransomware Hackers October 6, 2021 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Olga Kharif A cryptocurrency broker that the Biden administration considers a key cog in the recent ransomware epidemic is legally registered in...
Biden Administration Targets Crypto Pipelines in Fight Against Ransomware Attacks September 22, 2021 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Jennifer Jacobs The Biden administration plans a fresh campaign against ransomware attacks through sanctions to cut off criminals’ cryptocurrency pipelines, and it...
U.S. Goes on Offense to Fight Growing Threat of Cyber Attacks June 30, 2021 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Alyza Sebenius For the last several years, FBI agents debated turning the tables on hackers by remotely accessing breached computer networks and...
U.S. Water, Power Cyber Networks Are Shockingly Vulnerable to Hacks June 16, 2021 By Kartikay Mehrotra When the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was hacked in 2018, it took a mere six hours. Early...
Russia-Linked Hacking Group Is Behind JBS Cyber Attack: Sources June 2, 2021 By Jennifer Jacobs, Kartikay Mehrotra and William Turton A notorious Russia-linked hacking group is behind the cyber attack against JBS SA, according to four people familiar with the...
CNA Paid $40 Million in Ransom After March Cyber Attack May 21, 2021 By Kartikay Mehrotra and William Turton CNA Financial Corp., among the largest insurance companies in the U.S., paid $40 million in late March to regain control...
Cyber Ransom Payments Set a Bad Precedent But Happen Often May 14, 2021 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Michael Riley The U.S. government’s fight to choke off ransom payments collected by hackers hit a major snag Thursday, following news that...
China’s Microsoft Hack, Russia’s SolarWinds Attack Threaten to Overwhelm U.S. March 10, 2021 By Ryan Gallagher, Kartikay Mehrotra and Jordan Robertson China’s global attack on Microsoft’s popular email software revealed last week and an equally sprawling Russian attack discovered three months...
SolarWinds Attackers Focused on Cyber and Tech Firms January 29, 2021 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Alyza Sebenius Whether it was opportunity, strategy or sheer chutzpah, the suspected Russian hackers behind a massive cyber-attack revealed last month focused...
U. of California, San Francisco, Paid $1.14M After Ransomware Attack June 29, 2020 By Kartikay Mehrotra The University of California, San Francisco paid criminal hackers $1.14 million this month to resolve a ransomware attack. The hackers...