Robert McMillan and Kevin Poulsen report: A Moscow entrepreneur was detained during a vacation abroad this month and is now facing extradition to the U.S. on charges that he helped a notorious Russian ransomware group launder payments. The case marks the first arrest in connection with the Ryuk ransomware group, which gained notoriety with a string…
Category: Malware
Congress Mulls Ban on Big Ransom Payouts Unless Victims Get Official Say-So
Lisa Vaas reports: A U.S. lawmaker has introduced a bill – the Ransomware and Financial Stability Act (H.R.5936) (PDF) – that would make it illegal for financial firms to pay ransoms over $100,000 without first getting the government’s permission. The legislation was introduced on Wednesday by the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, North Carolina…
Southern Ohio Medical Center hit by cyber-attack
Adam Black reports: Patients who had appointments at Southern Ohio Medical Center (SOMC) facilities Thursday received notice that their appointments were canceled due to an emergency. Rumors quickly started circulating that the hospital and its facilities we unable to access their computers or phone lines due to the computer system being down. It was later…
MediaMarkt still blocked for ransomware attack. Open shops, intermittent services
Zach Shipman reports: The MediaMarktSaturn group has suffered a heavy ramsonware attack in recent days. It is difficult to say who did it: someone from Holland is ready to believe that it is the Hive group, which would have asked for 240 million dollars in bitcoin, however at the moment there is no claim on…
Waikato DHB warned a cyber attack ‘catastrophic for patient safety’
Natalie Akoorie reports: The Waikato District Health Board was warned its IT security was inadequate and severely compromised just months before a massive ransomware attack that brought Waikato Hospital to its knees. The internal cyber security document dated December last year also warned that a lack of training meant staff posed an unintentional threat to…
Manhasset School District continues to recover from September ransomware attack
Robert Pelaez has an update on the Manhasset School District ransomware incident that resulted in the dumping of numerous files on current and former employees and students on the dark web — many with personal and sensitive information. But what caught my eye in the update was this: Last month, district officials warned Manhasset students…