Jessica Lyons reports: A mystery whistleblower calling himself GangExposed has exposed key figures behind the Conti and Trickbot ransomware crews, publishing a trove of internal files and naming names. The leaks include thousands of chat logs, personal videos, and ransom negotiations tied to some of the most notorious cyber-extortion gangs —believed to have raked in…
Author: Dissent
Resource: HoganLovells Asia-Pacific Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity Guide 2025
From Hogan Lovells: The rapid development of data protection laws across the Asia-Pacific region indicates significant movement toward certain standards, albeit with notable local policy variations across multiple areas. Our Asia-Pacific Data, Privacy, and Cybersecurity Guide 2025 will explore these developments, key initiatives in major APAC jurisdictions, and the implications of an ever-changing regulatory landscape….
Class action settlement following ransomware attack will cost Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center about $52 million
Elise Takahama reports a settlement in a lawsuit stemming from a ransomware attack on Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle by the Hunters International gang: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center has agreed to pay about $11.5 million to patients after a 2023 cyberattack put their personal data at risk. Hackers targeted parts of Fred Hutch’s clinical…
Comstar LLC agrees to corrective action plan and fine to settle HHS OCR charges
In May 2022, DataBreaches reported that ambulance billing service Comstar LLC in Massachusetts was notifying an undisclosed number of people following a data security breach of their system detected on March 26, 2022. On May 26, 2022, they also notified HHS of the incident, reporting that 68,957 patients were affected. Today, HHS OCR announced that…
Australian ransomware victims now must tell the government if they pay up
Alexander Martin reports: Australia became on Friday the first country in the world to require victims of ransomware attacks to declare to the government any extortion payments made on their behalf to cybercriminals. The law, initially proposed last year, only applies to organizations with an annual turnover greater than AUS $3 million ($1.93 million) alongside a smaller…
U.S. Sanctions Cloud Provider ‘Funnull’ as Top Source of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams
Brian Krebs reports: The U.S. government today imposed economic sanctions on Funnull Technology Inc., a Philippines-based company that provides computer infrastructure for hundreds of thousands of websites involved in virtual currency investment scams known as “pig butchering.” In January 2025, KrebsOnSecurity detailed how Funnull was being used as a content delivery network that catered to cybercriminals…