UK Hospital Hackers Say They’ve Demanded $50 Million in Ransom June 19, 2024 By Ryan Gallagher A cohort of Russian-speaking hackers is demanding $50 million from a UK lab-services provider to end a ransomware attack that...
SC’s Top Officer: No Details on 2012 Hack That Forced $12M in Cyber Insurance April 12, 2024 By Jeffrey Collins COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Twelve years after a hacker stole personal data from more than 3.6 million people in South...
US Offers $10M Bounty for Information on ‘Blackcat’ Hackers Who Hit UnitedHealth March 28, 2024 The U.S. State Department on Wednesday offered up to $10 million for information on the “Blackcat” ransomware gang who hit...
North Korean Hackers Stalk Crypto Startups Scrimping on Security March 25, 2024 By Anna Irrera and Olga Kharif It’s every cryptocurrency project’s nightmare: Well-resourced hackers — perhaps backed by a rogue state like North Korea — strike out...
Hackers Roil Entire Industries With Attacks on IT Supply Chain March 14, 2024 Across Paraguay, hackers knocked out online services provided by the foreign ministry and companies. In Sweden, they crippled the payroll...
Physician Group Asks US to Make Funds Available to Doctors Hurt by Change Hack March 5, 2024 Influential U.S. doctors’ group the American Medical Association (AMA) on Monday asked the Biden Administration to make emergency funds available...
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...
Lockbit Cybercrime Gang Says It Is Back Online Following Global Police Bust February 27, 2024 By James Pearson Lockbit, the cybercrime gang that was knocked offline by a comprehensive international police operation earlier this month, says it has...
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...