West Midlands Police in the UK have announced the arrest of a teenager allegedly involved in the attack on MGM Resorts. That attack has been widely attributed to Scattered Spider, although the announcement does not specifically name the group: Officers from our Regional Organised Crime Unit for the West Midlands (ROCUWM) joined officers from the…
The following is a press release issued yesterday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey: Two foreign nationals pleaded guilty today in Newark federal court to participating in the LockBit ransomware group – at various times the most prolific ransomware variant in the world – and to deploying LockBit attacks against victims in…
Cassandre Coyer reports: A US federal judge dismissed much of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit against SolarWinds Corp. that alleged the software provider misled investors about its cybersecurity practices and the significance of a major data breach that spilled into the US government. Thursday’s ruling was seen as a blow to the SEC’s aggressive efforts to regulate…
Amanda Bronstad reports: 23andMe has reached a settlement in principle of class actions brought over last year’s data breach, lawyers disclosed at a Tuesday court hearing in San Francisco. The amount and details of the settlement weren’t disclosed, but, in its annual report this year, 23andMe revealed it had $216 million in cash. At a…
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Microsoft says the Scattered Spider cybercrime gang has added Qilin ransomware to its arsenal and is now using it in attacks. “In the second quarter of 2024, financially motivated threat actor Octo Tempest, our most closely tracked ransomware threat actor, added RansomHub and Qilin to its ransomware payloads in campaigns,” Microsoft said Monday. After…
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