Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Geo Focus: The United Kingdom , Geo-Specific Former Royal Mail and Manchester University CISOs Talk Ransomware Response Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • September 17, 2024 Timely notification of ransomware incidents to British law enforcement agencies played a crucial role in understanding the threats and …
Read More »Government Indicts Prolific LockBit Ransomware Group Leader
U.S. government agencies indicted and sanctioned Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, a 31-year-old Russian national, for his role as the administrator and developer of LockBit, one of the most prolific global ransomware groups in the world, Reuters reported on May 7.… Source link
Read More »LockBit Ransomware Gang Claims It Hacked SpaceX Supplier
Photo: Joel Kowsky (AP) A ransomware gang is threatening to release SpaceX’s prized business secret: the design of its rockets. The Lockbit gang claimed it breached Maximum Industries, a fabricator of rocket parts for Elon Musk’s rocket company based in Texas, and pilfered “3,000 drawings” from the contractor, according to …
Read More »LockBit leaks Royal Mail’s data, renews ransom demand
The LockBit ransomware gang, which exfiltrated a significant amount of data from Royal Mail‘s IT systems, has leaked some of the data and has also set a new ransom demand of £33 million. Previously, LockBit had demanded a staggering £66 million, which Royal Mail deemed unreasonable and rejected. The group …
Read More »Belfast construction firm targeted by group behind Royal Mail ransomware attack
ONE of the north’s biggest construction companies has been targeted by the same ransomware group behind the recent attack on Royal Mail. The Lagan Specialist Contracting Group (SCG) is the latest victim of the LockBit group. The company, which is headquartered in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter, confirmed it had “experienced a …
Read More »Royal Mail Refused ‘Absurd’ LockBit Extortion Demand
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Geo Focus: The United Kingdom , Geo-Specific Hackers Demanded $80 Million in Ransom Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • February 15, 2023 Negotiations between the LockBit ransomware-as-a-service gang and Royal Mail appear to have broken down earlier this month, shortly after a postal representative called …
Read More »Hive is down. Killnet continues retaliatory DDoS against German targets. CISA advisories.
Dateline Ukraine at D+337: More DDoS, more scattershot missile strikes. (CyberWire) Russia responds to NATO members’ decision to supply tanks to Ukraine with DDoS, scattershop missile strikes. and a reframing of its war as a defense against NATO aggression. Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 338 (Al Jazeera) As …
Read More »Royal Mail outage: CEO confirms cyberattack
“We’ve confirmed that we’ve had a cyberattack,” Thompson told lawmakers in a hearing with the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee on Tuesday. Royal Mail has seen no evidence of a data breach so far, but has notified the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which oversees data privacy. The …
Read More »Royal Mail Starts Limited Delivery Abroad After Cyberattack
Geo Focus: The United Kingdom , Geo-Specific UK Postal Service Testing Workarounds to Tackle Ransomware-Induced Package Backlog Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • January 19, 2023 A Royal Mail van in Scotland (Image: Mathew Schwartz for Information Security Media Group) The British postal service says it is resorting to workarounds …
Read More »Delivery disruptions from U.K. continue
A week after the U.K.’s Royal Mail experienced a “cyber incident,” the company says it is still experiencing “severe service disruption” to its outgoing international postal operations, with no clear end in sight. Why it matters: The problems have prevented a large portion of mail from leaving the U.K., leaving …
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