reader comments 65 with 54 posters participating Share this story Game-maker Electronic Arts and the Presque Isle Police Department in Maine are responding to an event they had both been dreading: the theft of gigabytes of private data by hackers who breached their Internet-connected networks. In EA’s case, the theft included 780GB of source code… Read More: EA source code stolen by hacker claiming to sell it… »
Getty Images reader comments 189 with 81 posters participating Share this story The FBI said it has seized $2.3 million paid to the ransomware attackers who paralyzed the network of Colonial Pipeline and touched off gasoline and jet fuel supply disruptions up and down the East Coast last month. In dollar amounts, the sum represents… Read More: US seizes $2.3 million Colonial Pipeline paid to ransomware attackers »
reader comments 107 with 60 posters participating Share this story The Justice Department has created a task force to centrally track and coordinate all federal cases involving ransomware or related types of cybercrime, such as botnets, money laundering, and bulletproof hosting. “To ensure we can make necessary connections across national and global cases and investigations… Read More: Ransomware will now get priority treatment at the Justice Department »
Enlarge / Ransomware Getty Images reader comments 128 with 63 posters participating Share this story The cyberattack that halted some operations at the world’s biggest meat processor this week was the work of REvil, a ransomware franchise that’s known for its ever-escalating series of cut-throat tactics designed to extort the highest price. The FBI made… Read More: Attack on meat supplier came from REvil, ransomware’s most cut-throat… »
reader comments 106 with 57 posters participating Share this story A ransomware attack has struck the world’s biggest meat producer, causing it to halt some operations in the US, Canada, and Australia while threatening shortages throughout the world, including up to a fifth of the American supply. Brazil-based JBS SA said on Monday that it… Read More: Shortages loom as ransomware hamstrings the world’s biggest meat producer »
reader comments 104 with 81 posters participating Share this story A crime forum is holding a quasi-judicial proceeding against the makers of DarkSide, the ransomware that shut down Colonial Pipeline two weeks ago, to hear claims from former affiliates who say the makers skipped town without paying. Or at least that’s what members of crime… Read More: Hear ye, DarkSide! This honorable ransomware court is now in… »
reader comments 92 with 66 posters participating Share this story Nearly a week after a ransomware attack led Colonial Pipeline to halt fuel distribution on the East Coast, reports emerged on Friday that the company paid a 75 bitcoin ransom—worth as much as $5 million, depending on the time of payment—in an attempt to restore… Read More: Colonial Pipeline paid a $5 million ransom—and kept a vicious… »
reader comments 67 with 52 posters participating Share this story Darkside—the ransomware group that disrupted gasoline distribution across a wide swath of the US this week—has gone dark, leaving it unclear if the group is ceasing, suspending, or altering its operations or is simply orchestrating an exit scam. On Thursday, all eight of the dark… Read More: Pipeline attacker Darkside suddenly goes dark—here’s what we know »
Enlarge / St. Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin, Ireland. Bloomberg | Getty Images reader comments 92 with 53 posters participating Share this story Ireland has shut down most of the major IT systems running its national health care service, leaving doctors unable to access patient records and people unsure of whether they should show up… Read More: Ireland’s health care system taken down after ransomware attack »
reader comments 102 with 67 posters participating Share this story Colonial Pipeline said it restarted operations on Wednesday afternoon after a five-day outage brought on by a ransomware attack caused gasoline shortages and panic buying in East Coast states. “Following this restart, it will take several days for the product delivery supply chain to return… Read More: Colonial Pipeline resumes operations after ransomware prompted closure »