BBC reports: Scotland’s environmental watchdog has said it could take years to fully recover from a cyber attack. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) had more than 4,000 digital files stolen by hackers on Christmas Eve. Chief executive Terry A’Hearn revealed it is now building a new IT system from scratch. Sepa said it had backup…
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Arrested Clop gang members laundered over $500M in ransomware payments
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The members of the Clop ransomware gang that were arrested last week in Ukraine as part of an international law enforcement action also operated money laundering services for multiple cybercrime groups. According to cryptocurrency exchange portal Binance, the group engaged in both cyber-attacks and “a high-risk exchanger” that laundered funds for the Clop ransomware…
City of Liege, Belgium hit by ransomware
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Liege, the third biggest city in Belgium, has suffered today a ransomware attack that has disrupted the municipality’s IT network and online services. Following the attack, most of the city’s civil status and population services are down, Liege officials said on a status page today. Read more on The Record.
LV Ransomware Group Repurposed REvil Binary, Researchers Find
Dennis Fisher reports: Researchers have discovered that the LV ransomware that has been in use since late 2020 is actually a modified version of the REvil ransomware binary that is being distributed by a separate threat group. An analysis of the LV ransomware binary by Secureworks Counter Threat Unit researchers shows that LV is a version of…
New Australian bill would force companies to disclose ransomware payments
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Australian lawmakers have filed on Monday a new bill that would mandate that local companies inform the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) of their intention to pay a ransomware gang. The Ransomware Payments Bill 2021 was put forward today by Tim Watts, Australia’s Shadow Assistant Minister for Cyber Security, and comes after Australian companies…
OK: Lucky Star Casino Confirmed It Suffered Ransomware Attack
News9 reports: After its locations statewide were closed over the weekend, Lucky Star Casinos (sic) said Monday that it was the subject of a ransomware attack. The casino announced on its Facebook page Saturday that it closed its locations across the state. Read more on News9.