As posted by Operation Cronos today: Aleksandr Ryzhenkov DOB 26/05/1993 has been unmasked by the NCA as the specific member of Evil Corp who is a LockBit affiliate. Ryzhenkov used the affiliate name Beverley, made over 60 LockBit ransomware builds and sought to extort at least $100 million from victims in ransom demands. Ryzhenkov additionally…
Category: Non-U.S.
Russian National Indicted for Series of Ransomware Attacks
Indictment Unsealed Charging Aleksandr Ryzhenkov with Attacks Against Multiple Victims in the United States The Justice Department today unsealed an indictment charging Russian national Aleksandr Viktorovich Ryzhenkov (Александр Викторович Рыженков) with using the BitPaymer ransomware variant to attack numerous victims in Texas and throughout the United States and hold their sensitive data for ransom. According to the indictment,…
Barbados Revenue Authority files listed for sale by threat actors (1)
Records from the Barbados Revenue Authority such as property tax records and vehicle owner’s registration records are being offered for sale, but is the government even aware that personal information has been acquired and is at risk of misuse? According to a post on a well-established Russian-language forum, there are 230GB of uncompressed data that…
New developments — and arrests — in law enforcement pursuit of LockBit
It looks like we will find out more tomorrow but law enforcement has reactivated a seized LockBit site to make more announcements:
Meta fined $101.5M for 2019 breach that exposed hundreds of millions of Facebook passwords
Natasha Lomas reports: Reset your clocks: Meta has been hit with yet another privacy penalty in Europe. On Friday, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced a reprimand and a €91 million fine — around $101.5M USD at current exchange rates — after concluding a multi-year investigation into a 2019 security breach by Facebook’s parent company. […]…
Websites exposing Aadhaar and PAN details blocked by India’s MeitY
Mint reports: The Government of India has blocked several websites that were found to be exposing sensitive personal information, including Aadhaar and PAN card details of Indian citizens. This action was taken by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has also filed an official complaint with…