Graham Cluley reports: Imagine for one moment that you are a cybercriminal. You have compromised an organisation’s network, you have stolen their data, you have encrypted their network, and you are now knee-deep in the ransomware negotiation. However, there’s a problem. Your target is stalling for time. Who can you, as the perpetrator of the…
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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission publishes 2024 Annual Report
The Data Protection Commission has today launched its Annual Report for 2024 and released the results of its first Public Attitudes Survey. From their press release: Highlights of the 2024 Annual Report The DPC issued 11 finalised inquiry decisions resulting in administrative fines totalling €652 million during 2024. Multiple reprimands and compliance orders were also imposed….
The headlines suggested Freedman Healthcare suffered a ransomware attack that affected patient data. The reality was quite different.
Today’s post is a reminder why maybe we should all wait a bit before just repeating criminals’ claims about an attack. The group known as World Leaks recently added Freedman Healthcare to their leak site, claiming to have acquired 52.4 GB of data comprising more than 42,000 files. Some news sites reporting on the listing…
Runsafe report: Medical device cyberattacks threaten patient care, strain budgets, top concern for healthcare sector
Industrial Cyber reports: A new report from Runsafe Security highlights how medical device cybersecurity has shifted from a traditional IT issue to a critical patient safety concern. The survey of 605 healthcare executives reveals that 22 percent of healthcare organizations experienced cyberattacks targeting medical devices, with 75 percent of those incidents directly affecting patient care. About 35 percent now…
Ryuk ransomware’s initial access expert extradited to the U.S. from Ukraine
Bill Toulas reports: A member of the notorious Ryuk ransomware operation who specialized in gaining initial access to corporate networks has been extradited to the United States. The suspect is a 33-year-old foreign man who was arrested in April 2025 in his home in Kyiv at the request of the FBI. He was extradited to…
Alleged Geisinger hacker will defend himself pro se.
John Beauge reports: The man accused of downloading protected information of more than 1.2 million Geisinger Health System patients in 2023 will defend himself at his criminal trial. U.S. Middle District Judge Matthew W. Brann granted the motion of Max Vance to proceed pro se but assigned assistant public defender Gerald A. Lord as standby…