Brian Krebs reports: The ransomware group LockBit told officials with Fulton County, Ga. they could expect to see their internal documents published online this morning unless the county paid a ransom demand. LockBit removed Fulton County’s listing from its victim shaming website this morning, claiming the county had paid. But county officials said they did not pay, nor…
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CISA Alert CodeAA23-353A: ALPHV BlackCat
February 27, 2024: SUMMARY Note: This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) is part of an ongoing #StopRansomware effort to publish advisories for network defenders that detail various ransomware variants and ransomware threat actors. These #StopRansomware advisories include recently and historically observed tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) to help organizations protect against ransomware….
loanDepot notifying 17 million customers after ransomware attack in January
On February 16, BlackCat added loanDepot to their dark web leak site, but without any data as proof. At the time, they claimed that LoanDepot had shown up in the negotiation chat, and had offered $6 million for the data and a decryptor, but allegedly claimed they could offer more after the weekend. But after…
Lockbit takedown accompanied by some arrests and indictments
Although there has been no arrest of LockBitSupp, the disruption of LockBit3.0 was accompanied by some arrests and indictments in various countries: United States: The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed indictments against two Russian men: Artur Sungatov allegedly used LockBit ransomware against victims. And Ivan Gennadievich Kondratyev, a.k.a. “Bassterlord,” allegedly used LockBit ransomware against targets in…
Unpicking LockBit — 22 Cases of Affiliate Tradecraft
As part of its roll-out of news about the LockBit disruption, the governments involved have provided additional information and resources. One of the resources is an article by Secureworks. The summary of their article: Summary The GOLD MYSTIC threat group has operated the LockBit name-and-shame ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme since mid-2019, exploiting unauthorized access to thousands…
HHS’ Office for Civil Rights Settles Second Ever Ransomware Cyber-Attack for $40,000 and a Corrective Action Plan with OCR Monitoring
HHS OCR has announced a second enforcement settlement in a ransomware case. The 2019 breach involving Green Ridge Behavioral Health managed to fly mostly under the media radar at the time. DataBreaches was not even aware that it was a ransomware attack as when this site contacted Green Ridge back then to inquire about the…