Two alleged leaders of the child sextortion group 764 were arrested and charged for directing and distributing child sexual abuse material, the Department of Justice said Thursday. Leonidas Varagiannis, 21, and Prasan Nepal, 20, face charges that carry a maximum penalty of life in prison. Varagiannis, also known as “War,” and Nepal, also known as...Read More
It’s more bad news from Ascension Health which is informing some of its patients, potentially for the second time in the space of a year, that their medical data was compromised during a major cyberattack. The private medical services provider said one of its former business partners, with which the company shared some patient medical...Read More
( May 1, 2025, 17:45 GMT | Official Statement) — MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice announced a superseding indictment accusing Artem Stryzhak of conspiring to commit fraud and related activity, including extortion, in connection with computers, for his role in a series of international attacks using the Nefilim ransomware. Stryzhak, a Ukrainian citizen,...Read More
Hyderabad: The cyber crime police have registered a criminal case against a social media user for posting offensive content targeting Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy.On Tuesday, Kailash Sajjan, state secretary of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee’s (TPCC) social media department, lodged a complaint with the Hyderabad cyber crime police against a social media account...Read More
Conventional thinking about AI and automation is that they require a great deal of upfront training and human input to be successful. This is undoubtedly true, especially when it comes to genAI and large language models (LLMs). The more knowledge and thoughtfulness humans take in training an AI model in the early stages, the more...Read More
Hitachi Vantara has suffered a ransomware attack and service outage, taking its main datacenter offline. A cybersecurity incident update statement says: “On April 26, 2025, Hitachi Vantara experienced a ransomware incident that has resulted in a disruption to some of our systems” and to Hitachi Vantara Manufacturing. The company took its servers offline in order...Read More
Four days after a ransomware attack hit DuPage County computers, officials have offered little information about the incident — including whether there was any breach of data — but offered assurances that the government continues to function. “Thanks to extensive planning and preparedness efforts, we have been able to ensure the continuity of operations for...Read More
Shoppers looking to top up their Sparks points or pick up their weekly groceries may find things difficult this week at Marks & Spencer, which is still reeling from the impact of a cyber incident – believed to be a ransomware attack – launched against its business last month. Co-op shoppers may well count their...Read More
The Nitrogen ransomware group was first detected in September 2024 and initially it targeted organizations in the United States and Canada before expanding operations into parts of Africa and Europe. While ransomware.live currently reports 21 known victims, security researchers believe many compromised organizations remain unlisted on Nitrogen’s public blog. Notably, indicators of this malware family...Read More
