[ad_1] The Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed six warrants, allowing agents to seize nearly $3 million in cryptocurrency as well as $70,000 in cash and a luxury vehicle, from the mastermind of a cryptocurrency ransomware scheme.  Prosecutors say Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko led a group that used the Zeppelin strain of ransomware to attack individuals, businesses,...Read More

[ad_1] UK-based telecommunications company Colt Technology Services confirms that customer documentation was stolen as Warlock ransomware gang auctions files. The British telecommunications and network services provider previously disclosed it suffered an attack on August 12, but this is the first time they confirmed data had been stolen. “A criminal group has accessed certain files from...Read More

[ad_1] Qilin ransomware claims a 4TB data breach at Nissan CBI, leaking car design files, financial data, 3D models, and VR design images as proof. The Qilin ransomware group says it has compromised Nissan’s Creative Box Inc. (CBI), a Tokyo-based design subsidiary of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd, and is threatening to release sensitive files unless...Read More

[ad_1] A $50,000 bounty supposedly issued by Europol to help track down administrators of the Russian-based ransomware gang Qilin was actually just a Telegram scam. News of the fictitious bounty fooled several cybersecurity news outlets into reporting that a reward would be paid to anybody who could give Europol information on two Qilin administrators known...Read More

[ad_1] Residents in Middletown want answers after a dayslong cyberattack disrupted several key services in the city.Officials haven’t confirmed if any personal information was compromised, but locals question what hackers may have gained access to. City officials shared on Facebook that the “cybersecurity incident” was detected over the weekend. Services like 911 remained operational, but...Read More

[ad_1] Europol has confirmed that a Telegram channel impersonating the agency and offering a $50,000 reward for information on two Qilin ransomware administrators is fake. The impostor later admitted it was created to troll researchers and journalists. “We were also surprised to see this story gaining traction,” Europol told BleepingComputer on Monday. “The announcement didn’t...Read More

[ad_1] U.S. law enforcement officials have seized more than $2.8 million in cryptocurrency that they say belonged to a man who collected the digital assets through attacks using the Zeppelin ransomware. The Justice Department (DOJ) also seized $70,000 in cash and a luxury vehicle belonging to Aleksandrovich Antropenko, who was indicted on a range of...Read More

[ad_1] Acronis has published its Cyberthreats Report for the first half of 2025, highlighting ongoing trends and new developments in global cyberthreat activity. The report, compiled by the Acronis Threat Research Unit and based on data collected from more than one million endpoints worldwide, indicates that ransomware remains the predominant threat to both large and...Read More

[ad_1] A week after its services were disrupted by a cyberattack, UK telco Colt Technology Services has gone back on its initial statement to confirm that data has indeed been stolen. The Warlock ransomware group claimed responsibility for the attack and said it swiped customer data, which is now up for auction on its dark...Read More

[ad_1] Pharmaceutical company Inotiv has notified the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that its business operations took a hit after hackers compromised and encrypted its internal systems. The incident, the organization said in a Form 8-K filing, occurred on August 8, and prompted Inotiv to initiate containment and remediation processes. “The company’s preliminary investigation...Read More