Change Healthcare Cyberattack Exposed Data From Over 100 Million People

Change Healthcare Cyberattack Exposed Data From Over 100 Million People

Threat actors accessed the data of 100 million people in the February breach of Change Healthcare, the U.S. Office for Civil Rights showed on Oct. 22. The hack, information about which was revealed in June, could affect up to one-third of Americans. It has proven to be one of the most significant cyberattacks of the year and shows how ransomed data can lead to physical harms such as belated delivery of essential medication. What was…

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BlackCat/ALPHV Ransomware Site Seized in International Takedown Effort

BlackCat/ALPHV Ransomware Site Seized in International Takedown Effort

The ransomware group, which has distributed ransomware to more than 1,000 victims, reportedly recovered control of its website on Tuesday. Learn how to defend against ransomware. Image: Adobe/igor.nazlo On Dec. 19, the Department of Justice announced the FBI had been working on a disruption campaign against the ransomware group known as ALPHV, Noberus or BlackCat that resulted in the seizure of several of the group’s websites, visibility into their network and a decryption tool that…

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