A new report from Akamai Technologies has highlighted a worrying escalation in ransomware tactics affecting Asia Pacific enterprises, with a shift towards more sophisticated “quadruple extortion” campaigns alongside the persistent prevalence of double extortion attacks. The 2025 Akamai State of the Internet (SOTI) Ransomware Report reveals that ransomware accounted for over half of all data breaches across...Read More
Details are limited at this stage. Irish broadcaster RTÉ is assessing a potential cybersecurity threat after claims that it suffered a ransomware attack. “RTÉ was contacted by the National Cyber Security Centre over the weekend regarding information it had become aware of,” an RTÉ spokesperson said in a report, confirming that it is currently reviewing...Read More
Read the full story on Backfire News Personal Info Stolen During NASCAR Ransomware Attack Back in April of this year, we covered how NASCAR was the target of a ransomware attack by the criminal group Medusa. After the group claimed to have infiltrated the motorsport company’s system, downloading over a terabyte of sensitive data, the...Read More
The Akamai State of the Internet (SOTI) report has identified a shift in ransomware tactics in the Asia Pacific region, with quadruple extortion methods emerging alongside sustained use of double extortion techniques. The report, titled “Ransomware Report 2025: Building Resilience Amid a Volatile Threat Landscape,” details how cybercriminals are incorporating an increasingly complex mix of...Read More
Exclusive: SafePay ransomware group finally lists Ingram Micro on leak site Hackers claim to have stolen 3.5 terabytes of data during an attack confirmed by US IT giant, data to be published within days. Weeks after Ingram Micro confirmed that it had fallen victim to a ransomware attack, the culprit has come forward and openly...Read More
Data from Comparitech reveals global ransomware trends for the first half of 2025. According to the research, 3,627 ransomware attacks were logged, representing a 47% increase from the first half of 2024 (2,472). Out of the 3,627 total ransomware attacks, 445 were confirmed by the organizations affected. The 445 confirmed attacks can be broken down as...Read More
Something alarming occurred in March when the federal government shut down USAID programs and laid off thousands of workers. Even weeks after losing their jobs, some employees found they could still access government devices, systems, and data. Leaders failed to collect equipment and implement proper offboarding, leaving digital backdoors wide open. Now, as federal health...Read More
The math is simple for ransomware actors: target sectors where downtime equals disaster. The world’s largest companies lose approximately 11 percent of their annual revenue, to unplanned production pauses, creating the perfect leverage for attackers who know industrial leaders will pay to restore critical operations. 3 Tips to Improve Uptime Protection Integrate the industrial automation...Read More
A civil suit filed to seize Bitcoin controlled by the ransomware operators and hand it over to the government.
Bitcoins captured do not focus on direct sale but on the reinforcement of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
The government-owned bitcoins are distributed among various agencies, which creates confusion among the public.
A legal lawsuit...Read More
The FBI in Dallas has seized millions of dollars’ worth of Bitcoin from a member of the recently assembled Chaos ransomware group. According to FBI Dallas on X, the Bitcoin funds were allegedly owned by Chaos member “Hors,” who has allegedly been responsible for multiple ransomware attacks against victims in the Northern District of Texas,...Read More
