Latest Ransom news

JBS paid $11 million to REvil ransomware, $22.5M first demanded

JBS, the world's largest beef producer, has confirmed that they paid an $11 million ransom after the REvil ransomware operation initially demanded $22.5 million.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 10, 2021
- 01:25 AM
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US recovers most of Colonial Pipeline's $4.4M ransomware payment

The US Department of Justice has recovered the majority of the $4.4 million ransom payment paid by Colonial Pipeline to the DarkSide ransomware operation.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 07, 2021
- 03:28 PM
- 0
Qlocker ransomware shuts down after extorting hundreds of QNAP users

The Qlocker ransomware gang has shut down their operation after earning $350,000 in a month by exploiting vulnerabilities in QNAP NAS devices.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 19, 2021
- 01:59 PM
- 1
Chemical distributor pays $4.4 million to DarkSide ransomware

Chemical distribution company Brenntag paid a $4.4 million ransom in Bitcoin to the DarkSide ransomware gang to receive a decryptor for encrypted files and prevent the threat actors from publicly leaking stolen data.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 13, 2021
- 06:24 PM
- 0
Ransomware gang now warns they will leak new Apple logos, iPad plans

The REvil ransomware gang has mysteriously removed Apple's schematics from their data leak site after privately warning Quanta that they would leak drawings for the new iPad and new Apple logos.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 26, 2021
- 03:48 PM
- 4
Discord Nitro gift codes now demanded as ransomware payments

In a novel approach to ransom demands, a new ransomware calling itself 'NitroRansomware' encrypts victim's files and then demands a Discord Nitro gift code to decrypt files.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 18, 2021
- 02:10 PM
- 3
The Week in Ransomware - April 9th 2021 - Massive ransom demands

Ransomware attacks continue over the past two weeks with a continuation of the massive initial ransom demands we have seen recently.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 09, 2021
- 04:47 PM
- 1
800Gbps DDoS extortion attack hits gambling company

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks started strong this year, setting new records and taking the extortion trend that started last August to the next level.
- Ionut Ilascu
- March 31, 2021
- 05:31 PM
- 0
The Week in Ransomware - March 19th 2021 - Highest ransom ever!

While the beginning of this week was fairly quiet, it definitely ended with a bang as news came out of the largest ransom demand yet.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 19, 2021
- 05:40 PM
- 0
Russian pleads guilty to Tesla hacking and extortion attempt

Russian national Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov has pleaded guilty to recruiting a Tesla employee to plant malware designed to steal data within the network of Tesla's Nevada Gigafactory.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 19, 2021
- 09:05 AM
- 0
GandCrab ransomware affiliate arrested for phishing attacks

A suspected GandCrab Ransomware member was arrested in South Korea for using phishing emails to infect victims.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 09, 2021
- 10:07 AM
- 0
Tether cryptocurrency firm says docs in $24 million ransom are 'forged'

USDT cryptocurrency developer Tether has said they are being extorted by threat actors who are demanding 500 bitcoins, or approximately $24 million, not to leak allegedly stolen emails and documents.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 01, 2021
- 10:14 AM
- 0
CHwapi hospital hit by Windows BitLocker encryption cyberattack

The CHwapi hospital in Belgium is suffering from a cyberattack where threat actors claim to have encrypted 40 servers and 100 TB of data using Windows Bitlocker.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 21, 2021
- 11:22 AM
- 0
250,000 stolen MySQL databases for sale on dark web auction site

Hackers have set up an auction site on the dark web to sell 250,000 databases stolen from tens of thousands of breached MySQL servers.
- Ionut Ilascu
- December 10, 2020
- 01:39 PM
- 0
K12 online schooling giant pays Ryuk ransomware to stop data leak

Online education giant K12 Inc. has paid a ransom after their systems were hit by Ryuk ransomware in the middle of November.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 02, 2020
- 04:15 PM
- 0
Pennsylvania county pays 500K ransom to DoppelPaymer ransomware

Delaware County, Pennsylvania has paid a $500,000 ransom after their systems were hit by the DoppelPaymer ransomware last weekend.
- Lawrence Abrams
- November 29, 2020
- 02:21 PM
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Danish news agency Ritzau refuses to pay after ransomware attack

Ritzau, the largest independent news agency in Denmark founded in 1866 by Erik Ritzau, said in a statement that it will not pay the ransom demanded by a ransomware gang that hit its network on Tuesday morning.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 25, 2020
- 02:11 PM
- 0
Tyler Technologies paid ransomware gang for decryption key

Tyler Technologies has paid a ransom for a decryption key to recover files encrypted in a recent ransomware attack.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 10, 2020
- 10:05 AM
- 1
Ransomware gangs add DDoS attacks to their extortion arsenal

A ransomware operation has started to utilize a new tactic to extort their victims: DDoS a victim's website until they return to the negotiation table.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 01, 2020
- 05:20 PM
- 2
Elon Musk confirmed Russian's plans to extort Tesla

The FBI thwarted the plans of 27-year-old Russian national Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov to recruit an insider within Tesla's Nevada Gigafactory, persuade him to plant malware on the company's network, and then ransom Tesla under threat that he would leak data stolen from their systems.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 28, 2020
- 07:17 AM
- 0