Scramble on for New Fuel Routes After Colonial Pipeline Hack May 13, 2021 By Stephanie Kelly After a six-day outage, the top U.S. fuel pipeline on Thursday moved some of the first millions of gallons of...
DarkSide Hackers Mint Money With Ransomware Franchise May 12, 2021 By Michael Riley and Alyza Sebenius When a new ransomware group popped up on the scene last year, the hackers did what’s in vogue for digital...
Ransomware Gang Threatens Release of DC Police Records May 12, 2021 By Alan Suderman RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate that stole data from the Washington, D.C., police department says negotiations over...
Cyberattack on US Pipeline Is Linked to Criminal Gang May 11, 2021 By Mae Anderson and Frank Bajak NEW YORK (AP) _ The cyberextortion attempt that has forced the shutdown of a vital U.S. pipeline was carried out...
Insurer AXA Halts Ransomware Crime Reimbursement in France May 10, 2021 By Frank Bajak BOSTON (AP) — In an apparent industry first, the global insurance company AXA said Thursday it will stop writing cyber-insurance...
No Ransomware Silver Bullet, Crooks Out of Reach April 30, 2021 By Frank Bajak BOSTON (AP) — Political hand-wringing in Washington over Russia’s hacking of federal agencies and interference in U.S. politics has mostly...
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...
Viewpoint: Indiana Supreme Court Finds Potential Insurance Coverage for Ransomware Attack March 27, 2021 By Joshua Gold, Robert D. Chesler and John P. Lacey Jr. In a pro-insurance coverage ruling, the Indiana Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s decision that crime coverage did not exist...
Russian Man Pleads Guilty in Nevada to Plot to Extort Tesla March 22, 2021 By Ken Ritter, Frank Bajak and Scott Sonner RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Russian man has pleaded guilty in the U.S. to offering a Tesla employee $1 million...
Cybercops Derail Malware Botnet, FBI Makes Ransomware Arrest January 29, 2021 By Mike Corder and Frank Bajak THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — European and North American cyber cops have joined forces to disrupt what may be the...