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Feds Seize LockBit Ransomware Websites, Offer Decryption Tools, Troll Affiliates

February 28, 2024 admin artur sungatov, bassterlord, Europol, FBI, ivan gennadievich kondratyev, lockbit, lockbitsupp, mark stockley, mikhail matveev, mikhail vasiliev, NCA, Ne'er-Do-Well News, operation cronos, prodaft, ransomware, ruslan magomedovich astamirov, u.k. national crime agency

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:09:00 +0000

U.S. and U.K. authorities have seized the darknet websites run by LockBit, a prolific and destructive ransomware group that has claimed more than 2,000 victims worldwide and extorted over $120 million in payments. Instead of listing data stolen from ransomware victims who didn’t pay, LockBit’s victim shaming website now offers free recovery tools, as well as news about arrests and criminal charges involving LockBit affiliates.

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FBI removes malware from hundreds of routers across the US

February 2, 2024 admin Botnet, Cisco, FBI, Netgear, news, volt typhoon

The FBI has removed malware from hundreds of routers in an effort to disrupt threat actors linked to the Chinese government.

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Arrests in $400M SIM-Swap Tied to Heist at FTX?

February 1, 2024 admin 0ktapus, A Little Sunshine, alphv ransomware, Ars Technica, blackcat ransomware, carter rohn, cisa, data breaches, elliptic, emily hernandez, FBI, ftx, kroll, Ne'er-Do-Well News, nick bax, powell sim swapping crew, r$, robert powell, scattered spider, SIM swapping, tom robinson, unciphered

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2024 18:41:37 +0000

Three Americans were charged this week with stealing more than $400 million in a November 2022 SIM-swapping attack. The U.S. government did not name the victim organization, but there is every indication that the money was stolen from the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which had just filed for bankruptcy on that same day.

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BlackCat Ransomware Raises Ante After FBI Disruption

January 13, 2024 admin alphv ransomware, blackcat ransomware, deputy attorney general lisa o. monaco, FBI, Lawrence Abrams, Other, u.s. department of justice

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 22:49:43 +0000

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) disclosed today that it infiltrated the world’s second most prolific ransomware gang, a Russia-based criminal group known as ALPHV and BlackCat. The FBI said it seized the gang’s darknet website, and released a decryption tool that hundreds of victim companies can use to recover systems. Meanwhile, BlackCat responded by briefly “unseizing” its darknet site with a message promising 90 percent commissions for affiliates who continue to work with the crime group, and open season on everything from hospitals to nuclear power plants.

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Scattered Spider ransomware gang falls under government agency scrutiny

November 20, 2023 admin FBI, FCC, news, ransomware, scattered spider, SIM swapping, Social engineering

Ransomware group Scattered Spider aka Octo Tempest are masters at social engineering tactics like SIM swapping.

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Nude “before and after” photos stolen from plastic surgeon, posted online, and sent to victims’ family and friends

November 9, 2023 admin data breach, FBI, news, personal, plastic surgery

The FBI is investigating a data breach where cybercriminals were able to steal patients’ records from a Las Vegas plastic surgeon’s office and then publish them online.

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FBI warns of multiple ransomware attacks on same victim

October 3, 2023 admin dual attacks, FBI, news, ransomware, wipers

Categories: News

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: FBI

Tags: ransomware

Tags: dual attacks

Tags: wipers

The FBI has warned about new tactics deployed by ransomware gangs, dual attacks and use of wipers.

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A Closer Look at the Snatch Data Ransom Group

September 30, 2023 admin Breadcrumbs, cisa, constella intelligence, databreaches.net, FBI, Flashpoint, Ne'er-Do-Well News, perchatka, ransomware, semen7907, semyon tretyakov, snatch ransomware, snatch team, tretyakov-files@yandex.ru

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 19:47:57 +0000

Earlier this week, KrebsOnSecurity revealed that the darknet website for the Snatch ransomware group was leaking data about its users and the crime gang’s internal operations. Today, we’ll take a closer look at the history of Snatch, its alleged founder, and their claims that everyone has confused them with a different, older ransomware group by the same name.