IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

SecurityWeek

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

SiliconANGLE

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

WQCS

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

Security Affairs

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

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 …

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.

Express Computer

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

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 …

The Register

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

SC Magazine

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