Update on 2022-10-09: Hackers release data after LAUSD refuses to pay ransom Brutal week for hundreds of thousands of students across the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second largest school district in the U.S., which refused to pay hackers following a ransomware attack in September, and saw hackers release a cache of stolen …
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[Updated 19 September 2022] IHG hackers come forward Hackers describing themselves as a couple from Vietnam took credit for the hack of the InterContinental Hotel Group earlier this month. The duo told the BBC they gained access to the hotel’s network after tricking an employee into downloading and installing malware on their system through a …
How commodification of tactics and techniques birthed an industrial revolution of global cybercrime Over the last four years, ransomware has cemented itself as one of the greatest cyberthreats to global organizations. While it didn’t happen overnight, the introduction of a service-based model, coupled with novel extortion tactics, helped revolutionize what we call the ransomware ecosystem. …
