Tag: Ransomware
Criminals confess: Cyber attack on Epic Games and leak were fraud
Criminals confess: Cyber attack on Epic Games and leak were fraud The Mogilevich Group admits on their darknet leak page that they do not operate “ransomware-as-a-service” but are fraudsters. There…
LockBit, one of the world’s largest ransomware groups, targeted by international police operation
In just a few years, the LockBit group had established itself as one of the leaders in ransomware cybercrime. SOLÈNE REVENEY / “THE WORLD” Two suspects were arrested and several…
Cybercrime: International investigators dismantle ransomware hacking group
Cybercrime International investigators dismantle ransomware hacking group The hacker group Lockbit is said to have been involved in high-profile attacks. (Symbolic image) photo © Sebastian Gollnow/dpa Law enforcement agencies, including…
Cybercrime: Ransomware is eating the world
Ransomware is causing more and more damage. Experts warn that this trend will continue in 2024. Above all, companies need: an emergency plan. source site
A Russian suspected of being behind the “Ragnar group” ransomware indicted in France
A first head emerges from the nebula of the “Ragnar group”, the name of a virus which infects the computer systems of companies, encrypts their data then demands payment of…
Millions of customers in Motel One data leak – Economy
Dieter Müller, the founder and co-owner of the Motel One hotel chain, enjoys spending the night in his own houses. He was last in Innsbruck, he said in an SZ…
How Enercity experienced a ransomware attack – Business
It all started with an email contaminated with malware. Five days later, at 2 a.m., the perpetrators encrypted data from critical IT systems at the energy supplier Enercity, which has…
Number of cyber attacks in Germany remains at a high level
Status: 08/16/2023 5:08 p.m What the BKA statistics record is only “the tip of the iceberg” – but even that is considerable: the BKA registered 136,865 cases of cybercrime in…
Hackers advertise the PMC Wagner with ransomware
files locked “We’re going to war against Shoigu!” – Hackers advertise PMC Wagner with blackmail software The skull in the crosshairs is the insignia of the Wagner Group paramilitary organization.…
Wednesday: AMD with new server CPUs, end of hospital after cyber attack
AMD’s new Epyc server CPUs should be the right choice for data centers and technical applications, thanks to a record-breaking amount of cache or up to 128 cores. The new,…