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Feds catch another LockBit hacker, Justice Department announces
Feds catch another LockBit hacker, Justice Department announces
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Feds catch another LockBit hacker, Justice Department announces

Carly Page 3 Views, , , 2 min read

The Justice Department has arrested and charged a Russian national for his alleged role in multiple LockBit ransomware attacks against victims in the U.S. and around the world. According to a criminal complaint unsealed on Thursday, 20-year-old Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov is accused of carrying out five cyberattacks between August 2020 and March 2023, four of […]

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LockBit claims ransomware attack on pharma giant Granules India
LockBit claims ransomware attack on pharma giant Granules India
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LockBit claims ransomware attack on pharma giant Granules India

Jagmeet Singh 4 Views, , , 2 min read

The Russia-linked ransomware group LockBit has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Indian pharmaceutical giant Granules India, and published portions of the data it allegedly stole. LockBit’s dark web leak site listed Granules India as one of its latest victims on Wednesday, according to a listing seen by TechCrunch. Granules India has yet to confirm […]

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Royal Mail restores global shipping weeks after LockBit ransomware attack
Royal Mail restores global shipping weeks after LockBit ransomware attack
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Royal Mail restores global shipping weeks after LockBit ransomware attack

Carly Page 104 Views, , , 2 min read

U.K. postal giant Royal Mail says it has finally restored international shipping after a ransomware attack downed its export services for over a month. Royal Mail spokesperson Mark Street told TechCrunch on Thursday that it has reinstated international export services to all destinations for purchase online and at Post Office branches. “We are now processing close […]

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LockBit ransomware group threatens to publish stolen Royal Mail data
LockBit ransomware group threatens to publish stolen Royal Mail data
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Royal Mail refused to pay ‘absurd’ LockBit ransom, chat logs say

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The LockBit ransomware gang has published what it claims is the full transcript of its negotiations with Royal Mail, which continues to experience disruption due to last month’s cyberattack. The chat logs negotiating the ransom is the first data that LockBit has published following the cyberattack on Royal Mail, which left the British postal service […]

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LockBit ransomware group threatens to publish stolen Royal Mail data
LockBit ransomware group threatens to publish stolen Royal Mail data
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LockBit ransomware group threatens to publish stolen Royal Mail data

Carly Page 124 Views, , , , 3 min read

The Russian-linked LockBit ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the Royal Mail cyberattack and is threatening to publish the data it stole from the U.K. postal giant. Royal Mail, which has been battling a cyberattack since January 10, was added to LockBit’s dark web leak site on Monday. The listing, seen by TechCrunch, doesn’t say how […]

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Financial software firm Ion Group battles LockBit ransomware attack
Financial software firm Ion Group battles LockBit ransomware attack
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Financial software firm Ion Group battles LockBit ransomware attack

Carly Page 139 Views, , , 2 min read

Ion Group, a Dublin-based software company that helps financial institutions automate their critical business processes, has been hit by a ransomware attack that forced several European and U.S. banks to revert to manual processes. The cyberattack, which TechCrunch learned about on Tuesday, affected Ion’s Cleared Derivatives division, which provides software for automating the trading lifecycle […]

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Hackers claim ransomware attack on Los Angeles housing authority
Hackers claim ransomware attack on Los Angeles housing authority
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Hackers claim ransomware attack on Los Angeles housing authority

Carly Page 137 Views, , 1 min read

The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, or HACLA, has confirmed it is investigating a cybersecurity incident shortly after the LockBit ransomware gang claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on the agency. HACLA, which provides affordable housing to more than 19,000 low-income families across Los Angeles, was added to LockBit’s dark web leak site on […]

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California’s finance department confirms breach as LockBit claims data theft
California’s finance department confirms breach as LockBit claims data theft
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California’s finance department confirms breach as LockBit claims data theft

Carly Page 141 Views, , 2 min read

California’s Department of Finance has confirmed it’s investigating a “cybersecurity incident” after the prolific LockBit ransomware group claims to have stolen confidential data from the agency. The California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) in a statement on Monday described the threat as an “intrusion” that was “identified through coordination with state and federal security […]

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