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- FBI says BianLian based in Russia, moving from ransomware attacks to extortionon November 21, 2024 at 1:08 am
The ransomware group has drawn scrutiny for attacks on charities like Save The Children as well as healthcare firms like Boston Children’s Health Physicians. On Tuesday, it took credit for an attack on a Canadian healthcare company.
- Phobos ransomware indictment sheds light on long-running, quietly successful schemeon November 20, 2024 at 9:08 pm
The document sheds light on a durable cybercrime operation that has drawn serious attention from security researchers and law enforcement agencies, even though it has kept a lower profile than other ransomware gangs.
- Five alleged members of Scattered Spider cybercrime group charged for breaches, theft of $11 millionon November 20, 2024 at 8:50 pm
Court documents say the five — who live in the U.S. and U.K. — are accused of stealing $11 million worth of cryptocurrency from at least 29 victims in addition to taking troves of corporate documents out of company systems.
- Two brothers indicted for operating illegal sports streaming service that netted $7 millionon November 20, 2024 at 5:09 pm
An indictment unsealed Tuesday charged two brothers with several crimes related to their management of 247TVStream — an online subscription-based service that let users stream live sports and television shows.
- German court says victims of massive Facebook data breach can be compensatedon November 19, 2024 at 5:17 pm
According to a statement from the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH), users can claim around €100 ($105) for the breach even if the data obtained by the hackers wasn’t misused or caused any harm.