Ransomware Criminals Aiming at Third-Party Vendors in Hunt for ‘Big Game’ October 19, 2023 By Jim Sams Ransomware victims have become less likely to pay extortion demands, but cyber criminals are changing their tactics by hitting third-party...
MGM Hackers Waited for Days Before Issuing Their Ransom Demands October 13, 2023 By Margi Murphy MGM Resorts International Chief Executive Officer Bill Hornbuckle chose not pay a ransom to hackers who broke into his casino...
Casino Giant MGM Expects $100M Hit from Hack that Led to Data Breach October 6, 2023 By Zeba Siddiqui MGM Resorts International said on Thursday a cyberattack last month that disrupted its operations would cause a $100 million hit...
Attacks on Casino Giants Heralds Resurgence in Ransomware Demands September 21, 2023 By Jim Sams Cyberattacks on MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment last week show that ransomware gangs continue to be a major threat...
Hackers who Breached Casino Giants MGM, Caesars also Hit 3 Other Firms, Okta Says September 19, 2023 By Zeba Siddiqui Hackers who breached casino giants MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment in recent weeks also broke into the systems of...
FBI and European Partners Seize Major Global Malware Network September 1, 2023 By FRANK BAJAK and STEFANIE DAZIO U.S. officials said Tuesday that the FBI and its European partners infiltrated and seized control of a major global malware...
Ransomware Criminals are Dumping Kids` Private Files Online After School Hacks July 6, 2023 By Frank Bajak, Heather Hollingsworth and Larry Fenn The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student...
US Busts Russian Cyber Operation in Dozens of Countries May 10, 2023 By Eric Tucker WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department said Tuesday that it had disrupted a long-running Russian cyberespionage campaign that stole sensitive...
$1.1M Paid to Resolve Ransomware Attack on California County May 8, 2023 SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California County and insurers paid $1.1 million to resolve a ransomware attack on...
Banks, Financial Industry Hit by Rising Ransomware Attacks March 24, 2023 By Andrew Martin Ransomware gangs didn’t come out with any big new innovations last year, but “what 2022 lacked in innovation it made...