How Russia-linked Akira group's ransomware attack on Knights of Old in June 2023 led to the 158-year-old UK delivery firm's bankruptcy after it refused to pay
Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg : X: @business X: @business : Major corporations get the attention in ransomware attacks. But hackers more often target small businesses, such as UK trucking company Knight...
Investigation: a Russian espionage and hacking campaign targeted Georgia for years and breached its Foreign Ministry, Finance Ministry, central bank, and more
Bloomberg : X: @willneal93 , @martijnrasser , @rj_gallagher , and @albertonardelli X: Will Neal / @willneal93 : Well this is a pretty chilling read. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Martijn Rasser / @ma...
Qilin, a cohort of Russian-speaking hackers, claims responsibility for the ransomware attack impacting London hospitals for weeks and demands a $50M ransom
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Google TAG executive Kate Morgan says Google observed a “massive increase” in Chinese cyberattacks on Taiwan in the last six months from over 100 groups
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A look at Tel Aviv-based Rayzone, whose surveillance system Echo, sold to governments, exploits ad data to track people via their phones
The innovation at the heart of the advertising technology industry is automated auctions to trade real-time data about mobile phone users … Tweets: @nervusbelli and @rj_gallagher Tweets: @nervusbelli ...
Interviews detail the Conti ransomware group's 2021 attack on Ireland's public health system; Conti seemingly called off the hack without getting a ransom
focus on creating distrust within the groups. https://twitter.com/... Ryan Gallagher / @rj_gallagher : I went to Ireland to hear about a horrific cyberattack on the country's hospitals, which unleashe...
A look at hacking group Cyber Partisans, which seeks to overthrow Belarus' government and has disrupted Russia's supply lines in Belarus for the war in Ukraine
Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg : Tweets: @business , @rj_gallagher , @chafkin , and @rj_gallagher Tweets: @business : Belarusian hackers and dissidents determined to overthrow President Alexander Lukashe...
Sources: Swiss company Mitto, which offers text message services to companies, tells clients co-founder Ilja Gorelik has departed after surveillance accusations
Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg : Tweets: @rj_gallagher , @tsgiles , and @bradstone Tweets: Ryan Gallagher / @rj_gallagher : “The lack of regulation & accountability has brought unnecessary privacy & secu...
A look at the Belarusian Cyber Partisans, a hacking group that has released a huge data trove, including from the government and police, to undermine Lukashenko
Pilfered data includes lists of alleged police informants and information on government spies. Tweets: @runasand , @rj_gallagher , @rj_gallagher , @rj_gallagher , @rj_gallagher , @rj_gallagher , @rj_g...
Uncertainty about the nature of the list of 50K potential Pegasus targets created confusion and controversy, but doesn't negate the investigation's key findings
which used NSO tech to spy on dissidents— to expand surveillance into the UK.https://www.theguardian.com/ ... Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / @lorenzofb : NSO Group is now blaming Palestinian activist...