ION Group Paid the Ransom, Claim Hackers Responsible for Disruptive Breach
The hackers who claimed responsibility for a disruptive breach at financial data firm ION say a ransom has been paid, although they declined to say how much…
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Major Florida hospital hit by possible ransomware attack
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A major hospital system…
ION Group ransomware attack affects trading across the world
A recent ransomware (opens in new tab) attack against ION Group has sent ripples throughout the finance industry and trading world, being so disruptive…
LockBit is back, with a new ransomware source code
The infamous LockBit ransomware (opens in new tab) gang has updated the code of its encryptor once again, cybersecurity researchers are saying. Multiple…
Ransomware Attack on Data Firm ION Said to Take Days to Fix
A ransomware attack that hit ION Trading UK could take days to fix, leaving scores of brokers unable to process derivatives trades, sources familiar with the…
Suspected LockBit ransomware attack causes havoc in City of London | Computer Weekly
A ransomware attack on trading software supplier Ion Group – potentially the work of the infamous LockBit cartel – has caused chaos for City of London…
Microsoft’s security team says it’s tracking over 100 ransomware actors
Microsoft has revealed it is tracking more than 100 threat actors deploying ransomware (opens in new tab) against businesses around the world.In a recent…
Microsoft: We are tracking these 100 active ransomware gangs using 50 types of malware
Image: Getty/Bojan89More than one hundred different cyber criminal gangs are actively conducting ransomware attacks, deploying over 50 different…
The Untold Story of a Crippling Ransomware Attack
It was a Sunday morning in mid-October 2020 when Rob Miller first heard there was a problem. The databases and IT systems at Hackney Council, in East London,…
FBI takes down Hive ransomware network
The Department of Justice announced this week that FBI agents successfully disrupted Hive, a notorious ransomware group, and prevented $130 million worth of…