Lucian Constantin reports: WastedLocker is a ransomware program that started hitting businesses and other organizations in May 2020 and is known for its high ransom demands reaching millions of dollars per victim. It is the creation of a group of highly skilled cybercriminals that have been operating for over a decade despite being criminally indicted…
Category: Commentaries and Analyses
Member of thedarkoverlord sentenced to 60 months and $1.4 million in restitution
The first — and so far, only — person to have been arrested and charged as a member of “thedarkoverlord” pleaded guilty today in federal court in Missouri. Nathan Francis Wyatt, 39, of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire in the U.K. was sentenced by Judge Judge Ronnie L. White to 60 months in prison and almost $1.5 million…
Athens Orthopedic Clinic Pays $1.5 Million to Settle HHS Charges of Systemic Noncompliance with HIPAA Rules
From HHS, a settlement notice involving one of thedarkoverlord’s victims. Athens Orthopedic Clinic is still facing a lawsuit from patients that made it all the way up to the Georgia Supreme Court on the issue of whether they had demonstrated enough harm to survive a motion to dismiss. Note: This blogger is the journalist referenced…
Ransomware is evolving, but the key to preventing attacks remains the same
Danny Palmer reports: Ransomware attacks are getting more aggressive according to a senior figure at Europe’s law enforcement agency, but there are simple steps which organisations can follow to protect themselves – and their employees – from falling victim to attacks. […] However, Europol’s No More Ransom project is attempting to take the fight to cyber criminals…
Cyber Claim Trends Outlined in Coalition Report
Linn F. Freedman of Robinson & Cole writes: Cyber liability insurers are in a good position to provide insight into the types of cyber incidents that are hitting the industry. Coalition, a provider of cyber insurance globally, which “serves over 25,000 small and midsize organizations across every sector of the US and Canada,” issued its…
Legal misinterpretation to blame for delay in reporting Kentucky unemployment breach
Matthew Glowicki reports: An inspector general report has found there were “unacceptable” delays in reporting an April security breach of Kentucky’s unemployment system but that residents’ personal information doesn’t appear to have been misused. The report primarily blames the monthlong delay in reporting the breach on current legal staff who relied on a holdover procedure from the previous administration…