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BlackCat Ransomware Group Implodes After Apparent $22M Payment by Change Healthcare

March 5, 2024 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, alphv ransomware, blackcat ransomware, change healthcare, Data Breaches, dmitry smilyanets, emsisoft, fabian wosar, FBI, lockbit, nca, optum, ramp, Ransomware, recorded future, wired.com

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:22:56 +0000

There are indications that U.S. healthcare giant Change Healthcare has made a $22 million extortion payment to the infamous BlackCat ransomware group (a.k.a. “ALPHV”) as the company struggles to bring services back online amid a cyberattack that has disrupted prescription drug services nationwide for weeks. However, the cybercriminal who claims to have given BlackCat access to Change’s network says the crime gang cheated them out of their share of the ransom, and that they still have the sensitive data that Change reportedly paid the group to destroy. Meanwhile, the affiliate’s disclosure appears to have prompted BlackCat to cease operations entirely.

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A Retrospective on the 2015 Ashley Madison Breach

July 26, 2022 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, ashley madison breach, avid life media, flashpoint, impact team, intel 471, noel biderman, per thorsheim, robert graham, wired.com

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 01:04:51 +0000

It’s been seven years since the online cheating site AshleyMadison.com was hacked and highly sensitive data about its users posted online. The leak led to the public shaming and extortion of many AshleyMadison users, and to at least two suicides. To date, little is publicly known about the perpetrators or the true motivation for the attack. But a recent review of AshleyMadison mentions across Russian cybercrime forums and far-right underground websites in the months leading up to the hack revealed some previously unreported details that may deserve further scrutiny.