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Retail payments at several co-operative, regional rural banks hit due to ransomware attack
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Retail payments at several co-operative, regional rural banks hit due to ransomware attack

Live Mint  

Several co-operative banks and regional rural banks were impacted on Wednesday, facing an interruption in retail payments, following a ransomware attack on associate technology service provider C-Edge Technologies Ltd, National Payments Corp. of India said in a statement. “It has been brought to NPCI’s notice that C-Edge Technologies Ltd, a technology service provider who caters mostly to cooperative and regional …

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North Korea-backed cyber group sought to steal nuclear secrets, NCSC says
4 months, 4 weeks ago

North Korea-backed cyber group sought to steal nuclear secrets, NCSC says

The Independent  

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Indonesia won't pay an $8 million ransom after a cyberattack compromised its national data center
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Indonesia won't pay an $8 million ransom after a cyberattack compromised its national data center

Hindustan Times  

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia's national data center has been compromised by a hacking group asking for a $8 million ransom that the government says it won't pay. The attackers have held data hostage and offered a key for access in return for the $8 million ransom, said PT Telkom Indonesia’s director of network & IT solutions, Herlan Wijanarko, without giving …

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Indonesia won't pay an $8 million ransom after a cyberattack compromised the national data center
6 months ago

Indonesia won't pay an $8 million ransom after a cyberattack compromised the national data center

Hindustan Times  

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia's national data center has been compromised by a hacking group asking for a $8 million ransom that the government says it won't pay. The attackers have held data hostage and offered a key for access in return for the $8 million ransom, said PT Telkom Indonesia’s director of network & IT solutions, Herlan Wijanarko, without giving …

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Security News This Week: Ransomware Attacks Are Getting Worse
6 months, 1 week ago

Security News This Week: Ransomware Attacks Are Getting Worse

Wired  

Despite years worth of efforts to eliminate the scourge of ransomware targeting schools, hospitals, and critical infrastructure worldwide, experts are warning that the crisis is only heating up, with criminal gangs growing ever more aggressive in their tactics. United States lawmakers and intelligence officials are circling their wagons following the revelation of Israel’s involvement in a malign influence campaign that …

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Australian government investigating 'large-scale ransomware' data breach of script provider MediSecure
7 months, 1 week ago

Australian government investigating 'large-scale ransomware' data breach of script provider MediSecure

ABC  

In short: e-script provider MediSecure is the health organisation at the centre of the large-scale ransomware data breach announced by the national cyber security coordinator. e-script provider MediSecure is the health organisation at the centre of the large-scale ransomware data breach announced by the national cyber security coordinator. The ABC can confirm e-script provider MediSecure is the health organisation at …

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City council says confidential documents shared online after cyber attack
8 months, 2 weeks ago

City council says confidential documents shared online after cyber attack

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Leicester City Council has said confidential documents stolen from its servers in a …

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Cyberattack on aerospace research firm under NIA lens
9 months, 1 week ago

Cyberattack on aerospace research firm under NIA lens

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: In November last year, data from National Aerospace Laboratories was stolen by a hacker group LockBit. A ransomware attack on government-owned National Aerospace Laboratories, India’s largest aerospace research company, on November 15 last year has come under the scanner of the National Investigation Agency, which has started investigating the incident as a cyberterrorist attack. The federal anti-terror agency …

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Confidential data breach in Motilal Oswal by ransomware gang LockBit
10 months ago

Confidential data breach in Motilal Oswal by ransomware gang LockBit

Business Standard  

Broking firm Motilal Oswal Financial Services has fallen victim to a cyber attack by LockBit, which has claimed to have gained access to 'confidential data,' according to a report by technology news portal TechCrunch. LockBit, a ransomware group, claimed responsibility for the attack on its dark web, potentially risking the information of over six million clients of MOFSL. Last year, …

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Top White House cyber aide says recent Iran hack on water system is call to tighten cybersecurity
1 year ago

Top White House cyber aide says recent Iran hack on water system is call to tighten cybersecurity

The Independent  

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Employee data leaked during British Library cyber attack
1 year, 1 month ago

Employee data leaked during British Library cyber attack

The Independent  

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Russian Ransomware group breaches MOVEit software; BBC, British Airways affected
1 year, 6 months ago

Russian Ransomware group breaches MOVEit software; BBC, British Airways affected

Hindustan Times  

Britain's cybersecurity agency on Wednesday urged companies to be vigilant after the BBC, British Airways and other firms said their employees' personal details may have been compromised in a software hack. “We are working to fully understand the U.K. impact following reports of a critical vulnerability affecting MOVEit Transfer software being exploited," Britain's National Cyber Security Center said in a …

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India Saw 53% Increase In Ransomware Attacks In 2022; IT And ITeS Worst Hit: CERT-In
1 year, 8 months ago

India Saw 53% Increase In Ransomware Attacks In 2022; IT And ITeS Worst Hit: CERT-In

News 18  

India saw a 53 per cent increase in ransomware incidents in 2022 and IT and ITeS was the majorly impacted sector followed by finance and manufacturing, India’s national cyber agency CERT-In has said in its latest report. Ransomware players targeted critical infrastructure organisations and disrupted critical services in order to pressurise and extract ransom payments in 2022, according to the …

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Cyber attack on AIIMS originated from China, say Government sources, data now secured
2 years ago

Cyber attack on AIIMS originated from China, say Government sources, data now secured

Firstpost  

Given Xi Jinping’s recent aggression towards India at Tawang, Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s remarks of the attack being a part of a larger conspiracy seems valid. The ransomware attack on the computer network that crippled Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences, or AIIMS originated from China and may have been carried out by Chinese hackers, the …

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Ransomware attack on AIIMS a conspiracy, planned by forces that are significant: MoS IT Chandrasekhar
2 years ago

Ransomware attack on AIIMS a conspiracy, planned by forces that are significant: MoS IT Chandrasekhar

The Hindu  

The ransomware attack on the servers of AIIMS Delhi is a conspiracy and planned by forces that are significant, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on December 2. The servers of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, have been out of order for the 10th consecutive day due to the ransomware attack. We will wait …

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Ransomware attack on AIIMS a conspiracy, planned by forces that are significant: MoS
2 years ago

Ransomware attack on AIIMS a conspiracy, planned by forces that are significant: MoS

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The ransomware attack on the servers of AIIMS Delhi is a conspiracy and planned by forces that are significant, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday. The servers of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, have been out of order for the 10th consecutive day due to the ransomware attack. We will …

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Explained | Are ransomware attacks increasing in India?
2 years ago

Explained | Are ransomware attacks increasing in India?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On November 23, e-services at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences were crippled by what is being suspected to be a ransomware attack. The Delhi Police’s Intelligence Fusion & Strategic Operations have registered a case and launched investigations to identify the perpetrators, while cyber security experts are employing software tools for data recovery. Set up in …

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AIIMS continues silence on media reports of ₹200-crore demand by hackers
2 years ago

AIIMS continues silence on media reports of ₹200-crore demand by hackers

The Hindu  

The services at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in the national capital were carried out manually for the seventh consecutive day on Tuesday, after the hospital last week said its server might have been subjected to a ransomware attack. Last Wednesday, AIIMS said the National Informatics Centre team working at the institute had informed that the servers were …

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The US Offers a $10M Bounty for Intel on Conti Ransomware Gang
54 years, 11 months ago

The US Offers a $10M Bounty for Intel on Conti Ransomware Gang

Wired  

“Today marks the first time that the US government has publicly identified a Conti operative,” says a State Department official who asked not to be named and did not provide any more information about Target’s identity beyond the picture. “That photo is the first time the US government has ever identified a malicious actor associated with Conti,” they say, adding …

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Conti's Attack Against Costa Rica Sparks a New Ransomware Era
2 years, 6 months ago

Conti's Attack Against Costa Rica Sparks a New Ransomware Era

Wired  

For the last two months, Costa Rica has been under siege. Conti claimed responsibility for the first attack against Costa Rica’s government and is believed to have some links to the ransomware-as-a-service operation HIVE, which was responsible for the second attack impacting the health care system. They mark one of the first times a ransomware group has explicitly targeted a …

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Hacked US companies to face new reporting requirements
2 years, 9 months ago

Hacked US companies to face new reporting requirements

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Companies critical to U.S. national interests will now have to report when they’re hacked or they pay ransomware, according to new rules approved by Congress. It requires any entity that’s considered part of the nation’s critical infrastructure, which includes the finance, transportation and energy sectors, to report any “substantial cyber incident” to the government within three days and …

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Ukraine hacks add to worries of cyber conflict with Russia
2 years, 11 months ago

Ukraine hacks add to worries of cyber conflict with Russia

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Hackers on Friday temporarily shut down dozens of Ukrainian government websites, causing no major damage but adding to simmering tensions while Russia amasses troops on the Ukrainian border. A senior administration official, meanwhile, said the White House welcomed news of the arrests in Russia of alleged ransomware gang members, an operation Moscow said was done at the …

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Ransomware persists even as high-profile attacks have slowed
3 years ago

Ransomware persists even as high-profile attacks have slowed

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In the months since President Joe Biden warned Russia’s Vladimir Putin that he needed to crack down on ransomware gangs in his country, there hasn’t been a massive attack like the one last May that resulted in gasoline shortages. “That first day,” Trzaska said, “I think all of us were probably up 20-plus hours, just moving through the …

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Ransomware persists even as high-profile attacks have slowed
3 years ago

Ransomware persists even as high-profile attacks have slowed

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “That first day,” Trzaska said, “I think all of …

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