On February 15, the RansomHub ransomware group claimed responsibility for an attack on the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. RansomHub claims to have “temporarily locked” the tribe’s infrastructure and to have acquired 119 GB of files (501, 211 files). The affected systems reportedly include casinos, convenience stores, government buildings, and telecommunications services, but…
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Memorial Hospital and Manor notifies 120,085 people of November ransomware attack
On November 3, 2024, WALB in Georgia reported that Memorial Hospital and Manor had been the victim of a ransomware attack on November 1 that they discovered on November 2. The hospital announced the incident on its Facebook page in a post that is no longer available. But Memorial Hospital and Manor did not appear…
Dutch Police seizes 127 XHost servers, dismantles bulletproof hoster
Bill Toulas reports: The Dutch Police (Politie) dismantled the ZServers/XHost bulletproof hosting operation after taking offline 127 servers used by the illegal platform. Earlier this week, the authorities in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom, announced sanctions against the same bulletproof hosting provider for its involvement in cybercrime operations. Specifically, the operators of Zservers were accused of…
Phobos Ransomware Affiliates Arrested in Coordinated International Disruption
More details have emerged on individuals arrested in conjunction with Phobos ransomware and the seizure of 8Base sites. From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland: The Justice Department today unsealed criminal charges against Roman Berezhnoy, 33, and Egor Nikolaevich Glebov, 39, both Russian nationals, who allegedly operated a cybercrime group using the Phobos ransomware that victimized…
Police arrests 4 Phobos ransomware suspects, seizes 8Base sites
Bill Toulas reports: A global law enforcement operation targeting the Phobos ransomware gang has led to the arrest of four suspected hackers in Phuket, Thailand, and the seizure of 8Base’s dark web sites. The suspects are accused of conducting cyberattacks on over 1,000 victims worldwide. The arrested individuals, two men and two women, are Europeans…
Cyberattack on NHS causes hospitals to miss cancer care targets
Connor Jones reports: NHS execs admit that last year’s cyberattack on hospitals in Wirral, northwest England, continues to “significantly” impact waiting times for cancer treatments, and suspect this will last for “months.” During the attack, which began on November 25 2024, the main clinical system was pulled offline and by December 5 the teams were…