An Armenian national extradited from Ukraine to the United States faces federal charges for his role in Ryuk ransomware attacks and extortion conspiracy targeting companies throughout the United States, including a technology company operating in Oregon. Karen Serobovich Vardanyan, 33, an Armenian national, has been charged with conspiracy, fraud in connection with computers, and extortion…
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70% of healthcare cyberattacks result in delayed patient care, report finds
Chad Van Alstin reports: Last year, 92% of all healthcare organizations—systems, hospitals, and provider groups—were targeted by a cyberattack, according to a new report from vendor Fortified Health Security. Further, 70% of those that reported experiencing an incident said patient care was impacted in some form, signaling that even an unsuccessful data breach can result in…
Police disrupt “Diskstation” ransomware gang attacking NAS devices
Bill Toulas reports: An international law enforcement action dismantled a Romanian ransomware gang known as ‘Diskstation,’ which encrypted the systems of several companies in the Lombardy region, paralyzing their businesses. The law enforcement operation codenamed ‘Operation Elicius’ was coordinated by Europol and also involved police forces in France and Romania. Diskstation is a ransomware operation…
Meta fixes bug that could leak users’ AI prompts and generated content
Zack Whittaker reports: Meta has fixed a security bug that allowed Meta AI chatbot users to access and view the private prompts and AI-generated responses of other users. Sandeep Hodkasia, the founder of security testing firm AppSecure, exclusively told TechCrunch that Meta paid him $10,000 in a bug bounty reward for privately disclosing the bug…
Mississippi Law Firm Sues Cyber Insurer Over Coverage for Scam
Benjamin Hernandez reports: A Mississippi law firm is suing its cyber insurer, alleging the carrier wrongfully denied coverage for a roughly $150,000 loss stemming from an “elaborate” email scheme. Gore, Kilpatrick & Dambrino PLLC was duped into wiring funds to an account controlled by scammers posing as representatives from a company that was dissolved years…
Ukrainian Hackers Wipe 47TB of Data from Top Russian Military Drone Supplier
Kateryna Zakharchenko reports: Cyber specialists from Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate (HUR), with support from the “Ukrainian Cyber Alliance” and the hacker group “BO Team,” have carried out a cyberattack on the network and server infrastructure of “Haskar Integration” – one of the largest drone suppliers to the Russian armed forces, HUR sources told Kyiv Post…