The Brief The hacking group Qilin claims to have 150 gigabytes of sensitive data from Cobb County’s servers, including autopsy photos and social security cards, and plans to release it if a ransom is not paid. Cobb County refuses to negotiate with the hackers, advising residents to freeze credit, change passwords, and use two-factor authentication...Read More
Hackers say they’ve stolen 150GB of sensitive information. County officials remain tight-lipped as residents wonder if their personal data is at risk. 🚨 Why It Matters: Your personal information could be compromised if you’ve interacted with Cobb County services. This attack threatens to disrupt essential government functions that thousands of residents depend on daily. 🔍...Read More
RIGBY (Idaho Ed News) — Two East Idaho school districts — Jefferson County and American Falls — were recently targeted in ransomware attacks that temporarily disabled their systems and derailed learning. For weeks, students and teachers had to revert to “old-school” learning — without the aid of devices or internet. Teachers could not access email,...Read More
Fourlis Group, the operator of IKEA stores in Greece, Cyprus, Romania, and Bulgaria, has informed that the ransomware attack it suffered just before Black Friday on November 27, 2024, caused losses estimated to €20 million ($22.8 million). The security incident became public on December 3, 2024, when the group admitted that the technical problems IKEA online shops were...Read More
Source: AI-generated using ChatGPT There are two things that live rent-free in my head. The first is my winning strategy for Oregon Trail (for starters, always play as the farmer). The second is how completely and utterly broken the ransomware ecosystem is. I’ll save Oregon Trail strategy for beers. This post is about ransomware. The...Read More
Source: AI-generated using ChatGPT There are two things that live rent-free in my head. The first is my winning strategy for Oregon Trail (for starters, always play as the farmer). The second is how completely and utterly broken the ransomware ecosystem is. I’ll save Oregon Trail strategy for beers. This post is about ransomware. The...Read More
What Is Ransomware as a Service? Ransomware as a Service gets its name from the nomenclature generally used for cloud services, says Adam Meyers, CrowdStrike senior vice president of counter-adversary operations. Just as a government may contract for a Software as a Service solution, such as Zendesk for help desk communications or Slack for...Read More
Industry surveys suggest that, while the number of ransomware attacks continues to rise, businesses aren’t paying ransoms as often — or in as large amounts — as in the past. A February 2025 report from cyberincident response firm Coveware reported that 25% of companies hit in the last quarter of 2024 paid a ransom....Read More
Note: View the superseding indictment here. Phobos Ransomware Group Alleged to have Attacked Over 1,000 Victims Worldwide The Justice Department today unsealed criminal charges against Roman Berezhnoy, 33, and Egor Nikolaevich Glebov, 39, both Russian nationals, who allegedly operated a cybercrime group using the Phobos ransomware that victimized more than 1,000 public and private entities...Read More
