Hacker Forum: UnitedHealth Paid $22M Ransom in Bid to Recover Data March 5, 2024 By Raphael Satter A post on a hacker forum popular with cybercriminals has claimed UnitedHealth Group paid $22 million in a bid to...
US Pharmacy Outage Triggered by ‘Blackcat’ Ransomware at UnitedHealth Unit: Sources February 26, 2024 By Raphael Satter and Christopher Bing Hackers working for the ‘Blackcat’ ransomware gang are behind the outage at UnitedHealth’s technology unit that has snarled prescription deliveries...
Lockbit Hackers’ Swagger on Display After Police Leak Identities Online February 21, 2024 By Christopher Bing and James Pearson One of the world’s biggest criminal hacking gangs woke up on Tuesday to a startling discovery: Law enforcement, after taking...
What Is Cybercriminal Group Lockbit? February 21, 2024 A cybercriminal group named Lockbit, which was broken up by an international law enforcement operation this week, has hacked some...
FBI, UK Crime Agency Say They Have Disrupted LockBit Cyber Gang February 20, 2024 By Jamie Tarabay A coalition of international law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and UK National Crime Agency, said they have disrupted LockBit,...
Hamas-Linked Hackers Targeted Israeli Engineers Ahead of Oct. 7 Massacre: Research February 15, 2024 By Agatha Cantrill A pro-Palestinian hacking group targeted Israeli software engineers as part of an attempt to dupe them into downloading malware weeks...
Cyberattack Hits German Battery Maker Varta, Halts Production February 14, 2024 German battery maker Varta AG was hit by a cyberattack Monday night that halted production in five of its production...
Viewpoint: How Corporate Help Desks Became the Weak Spot in Cyber Defenses January 31, 2024 By Jason Rebholz The cyberattack on MGM Resorts in September 2023 provides a vivid example of the effects these types of attacks can...
Title Insurer Fidelity National Says 1.3 Million Customers Affected by Cyberattack January 11, 2024 By Chad Hemenway Title insurer Fidelity National Financial (FNF) said about 1.3 million customers have been impacted by a cyberattack it suffered last...
Clorox, Boeing, MGM and More: Why Big Hacks Have Surged in 2023 December 18, 2023 By Jordan Robertson and Jessica Nix Widely disruptive, large-scale hacks are surging. After a lull in 2022, ransomware attacks on high-value targets such as big companies,...