CR: Ministry of Public Works and Transportation Hit by Ransomware Costa Rica’s Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT) has been the target of a ransomware attack by as yet unidentified individuals. The attack was reported by the Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT) (machine translation): Since early hours of this Tuesday, the…
Category: Breach Incidents
HHS issues two warnings: one about Royal & BlackCat Ransomware, and one about AI’s potential use in malware
HHS issued two reports or advisories this past week. The first was a 67-page report on Royal & BlackCat Ransomware and the threat that they pose to the healthcare sector. The second publication was an HC3 Analyst Note, Artificial Intelligence and Its Current Potential to Aid in Malware Development. Related to this issue, see Russian…
24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual race was postponed for very bizarre reason
Phillip Bupp reports: The 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual is exactly what it is, a virtual version of the legendary 24-hour race held in France every June. The top eRacers and real-life racers from around the world are competing for a $250,000 purse. Drivers such as Romain Grosjean, Felix Rosenqvist, and back-to-back Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen are taking…
Sorry, Not Sorry: Guccifer, the Hacker Who Launched Clinton Email Flap, Speaks Out After Nearly a Decade Behind Bars
Sam Biddle reports: Marcel Lehel Lazar walked out of Federal Correctional Institute Schuylkill, a Pennsylvania prison, in August 2021. The 51-year-old formerly known only as Guccifer had spent over four years incarcerated for an email hacking spree against America’s elite. Though these inbox disclosures arguably changed the course of the nation’s recent history, Lazar himself…
After denying responsibility for the Royal Mail attack, LockBit discovers that one of their affiliates was responsible.
The U.K.’s Royal Mail was the victim of a cyberattack that significantly impacted international delivery services. But was this attack the work of LockBit 3.0 or not? Those who saw the ransom note said the links in the note pointed to LockBit’s leak site and their chat negotiation site. But as Bleeping Computer reported, the…
CL0P adds the New York City Bar Association to their leak site
The CL0P ransomware gang has added the NYC Bar Association to their leak site today. Unsurprisingly, the threat actors have some unkind words for their victim: The New York City Bar is example of one more institution who not take their obligation to secure client, employee and case data seriously. We download more than 1.8tb…