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A 2021 Ransomware Attack on Ireland’s Biggest Health System Showed Some Cybercriminals a … – Latest Tweet by Bloomberg


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A Ransomware Group Showed Remorse—After Accidentally Hacking the Police – Review Geek


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Ransomware attacks have become increasingly common over the last decade, and governing bodies have done little to address the problem. But a recent string of high-profile attacks, including one that caused a gasoline shortage, have pushed the White House to crack down on ransomware and quietly dismantle some Eastern European hacking groups. So, what happens when a ransomware group accidentally hits the police?

As reported by Bleeping Computer, the AvosLocker ransomware group recently hacked a U.S. police department, stealing a trove of data and encrypting the department’s devices. But when the group realized who it hacked, it apologized and decrypted the department’s data for free.

The AvosLocker group didn’t tell police which files it had stolen or how it hacked the department. There’s a chance that it will sell police data, just as the Clop ransomware group did earlier this year. But hey, cybercriminals are clearly afraid of the U.S. government, right?

Our friends at Bleeping Computer spoke with a member of AvosLocker, who says that they purposefully avoid government agencies and hospitals. When something like this happens, the hacker says, it’s because “an affiliate will lock a network without having us review it first.”

When asked if AvosLocker avoids government agencies because of law enforcement, the hacker explained that U.S. law has “no jurisdiction” in the “motherland,” and that AvosLocker simply avoids government bodies because “tax payer money’s generally hard to get.”

This explanation may feel a bit misleading, given the drop in high-profile ransomware attacks following President Biden’s statement against cybercrime. But it’s not a lie—government bodies fear that paying ransoms will encourage more attacks, so they avoid paying ransoms at all costs.

So, what can we learn from this story? It’s clear that government agencies are still vulnerable to ransomware attacks, and that a drop in high-profile…

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Israel and Iran Just Showed Us the Future of Cyberwar With Their Unusual Attacks – Foreign Policy

Israel and Iran Just Showed Us the Future of Cyberwar With Their Unusual Attacks  Foreign Policy
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Scottrade had no idea about data breach until the feds showed up

When an organization gets hacked, ideally they’ll realize it promptly and warn their users right away. Take crowdfunding site Patreon, which was hacked on Monday and has already informed the world about the problem. Scottrade, an investment brokerage company, is different, and not in a good way.

The company announced Friday that it suffered a security breach over a period of several months from late 2013 to early 2014, affecting approximately 4.6 million customers. But in a statement, Scottrade said it had no idea that the breach had occurred until law enforcement officials told them about it.

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