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Business May 22, 2021

CNA Financial Pays $40 million to Unlock Ransomware 

U.S. insurance giant CNA Financial paid $40 million dollars to unlock ransomware that hit its network in March. It has…

By Jackie Allen

Investigates May 15, 2021

Columbia Pipeline hackers get $5 Million Ransom then go Dark 

DarkSide, the Columbia Pipeline hackers, initially posted an apology for the problems their attack had caused. And by Thursday they…

By Jackie Allen

Investigates May 13, 2021

Babuk Ransomware Gang Leaks DC Police Info, says they are Retiring

The Russia-based Babuk ransomware gang says it will not launch any more hack attacks. But they will be making their…

By Jackie Allen

FBI

Investigates April 16, 2021

FBI executes an operation to remove web shells, expel hackers from U.S. computers  

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executed a court-authorized operation to remove malicious web shells and kick out hackers from…

By Marivic Cabural Summers

International March 30, 2021

Ziggy Ransomware Hackers Refund Victims Their Ransom Payments

On February 6th the Ziggy ransomware group announced the end of their hacking operation. More than a month after shutting…

By Jackie Allen

USA Herald March 29, 2021

Microsoft Zero-Day hack-attacks from the West, May be Counter-terrorist Operation

The primary source of  Microsoft’s Zero-Day hack-attacks has been revealed in the MIT Technology Review. This is mostly the work…

By Jackie Allen

Crypto Crime skyrocketed in 2020

Financial Investigations March 13, 2021

Crypto Crimes: A Growing Target of Hacker Gangs in 2020

The USA Herald reported on a Federal indictment unsealed in February. The indictment was filed against members of the “Lazarus…

By Jackie Allen

North Korean Hackers

Business February 19, 2021

North Korean Hackers Embezzle $1.3 Billion Worth of Cryptocurrency

A U.S. court charged three North Korean hackers over cryptocurrency theft. The three computer engineers who formed the “Lazarus group”…

By Rochdi Rais

Bitcoin cybercriminal

Business February 11, 2021

Hackers Stole $100 Million of Crypto from US Celebrities — Arrested by Europol

Europol, the European police agency, has arrested over 10 cybercriminals. The hackers obtained over $100 million in digital currencies using…

By Rochdi Rais

America January 3, 2021

Hackers viewed Microsoft source code in the Solorigate Incident aka the SolarWinds God-Mode hack

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) revealed on New Year’s Eve that the company’s source code had been viewed by the same hackers…

By Jackie Allen

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