Ingram Micro late Wednesday said that it has restored operations to all parts of the globe where it does business, following a ransomware attack that led to a multiday disruption.  The Irvine, Calif.-based technology firm said its teams are still working with customer and vendor partners to help support them following the disruption.  The company...Read More

SafePay ransomware has become one of the most active and destructive threat actors in Q1 2025, a shocking development in the cybersecurity scene. According to the Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU), SafePay has aggressively targeted over 200 victims worldwide, including managed service providers (MSPs) and small-to-midsize businesses (SMBs) across diverse industries. Unlike many ransomware groups...Read More

A new ransomware threat has emerged as one of the most formidable adversaries in the cybersecurity landscape, demonstrating unprecedented growth and sophistication in its attack methodology. SafePay ransomware, which first appeared in 2024, has rapidly evolved from a relatively unknown entity to one of the most active ransomware groups globally, claiming over 200 victims worldwide...Read More

Channel Insider content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. View our editorial policy here. By now, virtually everyone in the channel knows Ingram Micro suffered an attack in early July that led to days of partial downtime. The global platform provider was hit...Read More

Russian professional basketball player Daniil Kasatkin was arrested in France at the request of the United States for allegedly acting as a negotiator for a ransomware gang. Daniil Kasatkin is a Russian basketball player who briefly played NCAA basketball at Penn State before returning to Russia in 2019. In four seasons with MBA-MAI, he appeared in...Read More

French authorities have arrested a Russian professional basketball player who is accused of being a member of a ransomware gang, according to newswire Agence France-Presse.  Daniil Kasatkin plays for MBA Moscow, a team that is part of the VTB United League, which comprises mostly Russian clubs as well as one team from Belarus and Kazakhstan....Read More

At the request of the United States, French police arrested a professional Russian basketball player who had a brief tenure at Penn State over accusations that he was part of a ransomware ring, according to overseas reports. News of the arrest of Daniil Kasatkin came in a court in Paris on Wednesday. His lawyer denied...Read More

The number of active ransomware groups has jumped 45 percent in the past year, according to a new report from GuidePoint Security’s GRIT team. Covering Q2 2025, the report outlines how cybercriminals are regrouping, rebranding and using recycled tools to launch fresh attacks across industries. “While law enforcement’s disruption of dominant groups like LockBit, AlphV...Read More

The number of active ransomware groups has been ‘increasing year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter,’ GuidePoint Security’s Jason Baker tells CRN. Ransomware victim volume declined markedly in the second quarter of 2025 though the field of active threat groups continued to expand — suggesting the decrease in attacks may be short-lived, according to GuidePoint Security research. The report...Read More

Ingram Micro says it has recovered from the ransomware attack which broke its ordering and fulfilment system a week ago, but key questions remain to be answered for the channel. Yesterday, at US Eastern lunch time, Ingram said in an update on its website: “Our teams are now able to process and ship orders received...Read More