Ransomware Attack

Ransomware Kill Chain Whacked As FBI, Secret Service And Europol Attack

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Ransomware Kill Chain Whacked As FBI, Secret Service And Europol Attack

Operation Endgame strikes the ransomware access brokers. getty The ransomware threat suffered a serious, if not fatal, injury this week as multiple law enforcement actions took aim at the global criminal enterprise. Microsoft led the way in taking down large parts of the infrastructure behind the Lumma Stealer network behind the capture and sharing of compromised credentials. This comes after one leading ransomware group, LockBit, was itself hacked. Now Europol, with help from both the…

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When Hackers Strike, Don’t Pay Ransom, Experts Say

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When Hackers Strike, Don’t Pay Ransom, Experts Say

Cybercriminals disrupted the U.S. economy on an unprecedented scale this year, shutting down the U.S.’s largest fuel pipeline, temporarily halting meat processing plants that provide about a fifth of the country’s supply, and going after hospitals, clinics and universities. The pipeline operator, Colonial Pipeline Co. based in Georgia, confirmed in May that it had paid hackers who broke into its computers systems $4.4 million in the ransomware attack. That kind of rich payoff has been…

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