HUNTSVILLE, ONT. - A town in Ontario's Muskoka region has shared more details about a cybersecurity incident earlier this month. The Town of Huntsville says it was hit on March 10 by a ransomware attack, in which vital digital information is held hostage for payment. Denise Corry, the town's chief administrative officer, says an “unauthorized user” infiltrated the town's systems and data was compromised. It remains unclear if the compromised data includes personal information. Services...
The Qilin ransomware group has targeted The Big Issue, a street newspaper sold by the homeless and vulnerable. Spost on Qilin's dark web leak site claimed the gang has stolen 550 GB of confidential data from the periodical's parent company. in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
The manufacturing sector in India has been the most targeted industry for ransomware extortion in 2023, Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 said in its recently released report, titled 'Ransomware Retrospective 2024: Unit 42 Leak Site Analysis and Incident Response report 2024.'As part of the Ransomware Retrospective, they studied 3,998 leak site posts from various ransomware groups. Leak sites are platforms where threat actors publicly disclose stolen data as a means of coercing victims into paying...
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Mikhail Vasiliev, a 33-year-old Canadian-Russian national, who has been living in Ontario, Canada, was arrested in November 2022. Last month, he pleaded guilty to eight counts of cyber-extortion and mischief, along with weapons charges, involving Canadian victims, including businesses in Saskatchewan, Montreal, and Newfoundland.Read Entire Article
Leeds United are determined to bounce into the international break on a positive note as they prepare for the final phase of the campaign, says skipper Liam Cooper. The Whites dropped down to third on Saturday afternoon as Ipswich Town took their opportunity to dial up the pressure and move back into the automatic promotion spots by thumping Sheffield Wednesday 6-0 at Portman Road. Daniel Farke's side can not only reclaim their spot in the top two with a win against Millwall today, they can...
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