IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

December 29, 2023
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Ohio Lottery Hit by Ransomware, Hackers Claim Theft of Employee and Player Data

The DragonForce ransomware group has taken credit for the Ohio Lottery hack, claiming to have stolen millions of data records.

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Little-known ransomware gang claims responsibility for cyberattack on Ohio Lottery

That the “cybersecurity incident” remains ongoing and that the lottery took certain systems offline points to a ransomware attack and a new ransomware …

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FBI Offers Decryption Tool to Victims of BlackCat Ransomware Group – WQCS

Florida – Thursday December 28, 2023: The U.S. Department of Justice Department has announced a disruption campaign against the BlackCat ransomware …

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Lockbit ransomware attack interrupted medical emergencies gang at a German hospital network

The ransomware gang hit the KHO on Christmas Eve and gained access to specifically encrypted data, the organization revealed in a statement published …

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DOJ Seizes Ransomware Websites – The Presidential Prayer Team

Blackcat primarily uses ransomware to hack into computers, lock them down, and hold accounts hostage in exchange for money. The Justice Department …

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Ransomware attack rises by 62%, says Sophos – Punch Newspapers

Sophos has stated that there has been a 62 per cent rise in encryption attacks known as ransomware in the last one year.

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Is the era of Ransomware coming to an end? – Express Computer

However, while millions of ransomware attacks continue to occur annually, last year, ransomware threats actually declined by several percentage points …

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Ohio lottery hit by serious ransomware attack forcing some system shutdowns – TechRadar

The Ohio Lottery apperas to have suffered a ransomware attack which forced it to shut some of its systems down and also allegedly lost sensitive …

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Do the casino ransomware attacks make the case to pay? – The Register

Feature The same cybercrime crew broke into two high-profile Las Vegas casino networks over the summer, infected both with ransomware, …

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Jordan hospital targeted by Rhysida ransomware | SC Media

Ransomware operation Rhysida has taken credit for launching a cyberattack against Jordan-based multi-specialty healthcare provider Abdali Hospital …

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