The biennial cyber exercise for the first time brings the U.S., Asia and Europe financial industry together for a sort of "war game" that simulates a major financial institution being taken out by a ransomware attack.
A Quantum ransomware attack on Professional Finance Company (PFC) impacted 657 healthcare organizations and leaked sensitive patient data for millions of patients.
Anyone operating a business that violates the privacy rights of people in Quebec or fails to meet Quebec's stringent new requirements for protecting personal information may face administrative monetary penalties, fines, binding orders, and civil action.
The 21st of June 2017 saw UK’s Queen Elizabeth give what is generally known as ‘The Queen’s Speech’ in which Her Majesty gave some insights into just how seriously the UK government is taking issues of online privacy and data protection.
Ransomware attack on the cloud computing company Rackspace caused email outages for thousands of customers forcing it to transfer customers from its Hosted Exchange service to Microsoft 365.
Ransomware gangs regularly add new tactics and twists to their playbooks to increase pressure on victims. The latest development comes from the Ragnar Locker group, who are now threatening to publish sensitive information if the victim even makes contact with authorities.
The Ragnarok ransomware gang has scrubbed its public presence from the dark web, leaving behind a master decryptor key at the "leak site" it used to blackmail its victims.
A major threat actor has been crippled by an international law enforcement action, as the Lumma infostealer malware operation saw its control panel seized along with infrastructure dwelling in Europe and Japan. This was supplemented by Microsoft seizing some 2,300 domains belonging to the group, which has infected over 394,000 Windows computers globally.
A ransomware attack at Coca-Cola’s Fairlife dairy has temporarily suspended U.S. operations after the company shut down some production-related systems to contain the threat.
A ransomware attack on fintech firm Marquis Software Solutions has impacted at least 74 banks and credit unions across multiple states, leaking customer data of over 400,000 people.
