Governments Turn Tables on Ransomware Gang REvil by Pushing it Offline October 22, 2021 By Joseph Menn and Christopher Bing The ransomware group REvil was itself hacked and forced offline this week by a multi-country operation, according to three private...
Detroit Changing Towing Rules After Corruption Probes August 30, 2021 By Corey Williams Officials in Detroit are looking at making continued changes to city towing rules after several federal corruption probes. Mayor Mike...
Attorneys, Physicians Charged in $31M Trip-and-Fall Fraud Scheme August 27, 2021 By Claims Journal staff Two attorneys and two doctors are charged in a $31 million insurance fraud scheme where plaintiffs were allegedly recruited from...
Ransomware Gangs Get Paid Off as Officials Struggle for Fix June 22, 2021 By Frank Bajak BOSTON (AP) — If your business falls victim to ransomware and you want simple advice on whether to pay the...
Meat Company JBS Confirms it Paid $11M Ransom in Cyberattack June 11, 2021 By Dee-Ann Durbin The world’s largest meat processing company says it paid the equivalent of $11 million to hackers who broke into its...
Global Sting Began by Creating Message Service for Crooks June 10, 2021 By Mike Corder, Nick Perry and Elliot Spagat SAN DIEGO (AP) — When the FBI dismantled an encrypted messaging service based in Canada in 2018, agents noticed users...
Global Sting: Secure FBI-Run Messaging Network Tricks Crooks June 9, 2021 By Mike Corder and Nick Perry THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Criminal gangs divulged plans for moving drug shipments and carrying out killings on a secure...
U.S. Says Ransomware Attack on Meatpacker JBS Likely From Russia June 2, 2021 By Tom Polansek and Jeff Mason CHICAGO/ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — The White House said on Tuesday that Brazil’s JBS SA has informed the U.S. government...
CNA Financial Paid $40 Million in Ransom After March Cyberattack May 21, 2021 By Kartikay Mehrotra and William Turton CNA Financial Corp., among the largest insurance companies in the U.S., paid $40 million in late March to regain control...
Hackers Try to Extort University of Colorado in Cyberattack April 12, 2021 BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Hackers are trying to extort the University of Colorado after a cyberattack that potentially compromised personal...