Martin Enserink reports: Hackers published a batch of internal documents from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) on the dark web yesterday, after the agency refused to pay up in a ransomware attack. The attack, which began on 8 February, has completely knocked out the agency’s grant application and review process and cut off…
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Cleveland – Ohio, CMHA: Doppel Paymer ransomware publishes first stolen data
Marco De Felice (@amvinfe) reports: On February 10, the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority was one of the latest victims of a cyber attack by Doppel Paymer. The group of cybercriminals wasted no time and yesterday uploaded the first exfiltrated documents to their site in the Tor network. According to a statement made by a spokesperson for CMHA, the…
Nigerian Influencer Ramon ‘Hushpuppi’ Abbas Laundered Funds For North Korean Hackers, Says U.S. Department Of Justice
David Dawkins reports: New details have emerged about the case against Instagram influencer Ramon Abbas, who wowed the internet with pictures of his clothes, cars, money and lifestyle. In July, Abbas was charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles with conspiring to launder hundreds of millions of dollars from ‘“business email compromise”’ (BEC) frauds and other…
Alleged Hydra Market Operators Identified
GeminiAdvisory analysts write: Gemini analysts have found a post by an anonymous author on the hydra[.]expert domain claiming to have uncovered the true identities of the individuals running Hydra, one of the largest Russian-language dark web marketplaces for drugs. While formerly part of Hydra’s infrastructure, hydra[.]expert now appears to be solely dedicated to identifying Hydra’s…
Dutch Police post “say no to cybercrime” warnings on hacker forums
Lawrence Abrams reports: The Dutch Police have begun posting warnings on Russian and English-speaking hacker forums not to commit cybercrime as law enforcement is watching their activity. Since the conclusion of Operation LadyBird, law enforcement’s disruption of the Emotet botnet, the Dutch Police state that they are creating forum accounts on hacker forums to warn hackers…
NL: The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) hit by threat actor(s)
NWO reports: The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) has been hit by a cyber attack. Grant applications to the organization have been stopped because of the attack. It is unclear who is behind the attack. The NWO reports that its servers have been hacked and the network is not accessible. “At the moment everything is aimed at solving the…