Ransomware criminal sabotages his own operation

Ransomware criminal sabotages his own operation

After responding to an advertisement offering to become part of a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, researchers found themselves in a cybercriminal job interview with one of the most active threat actors in the affiliate industry, who happens to be the source...
Akira Ransomware Group Threatens to dump Stanford Data

Akira Ransomware Group Threatens to dump Stanford Data

Stanford University was reported as the target of a ransomware attack on the darknet on Friday morning by the infamous ransomware group “Akira.” Cyber risk analyst Brett Callow posted screenshots of the listing on X (formerly Twitter) and the r/stanford...
23andMe Data Leaked to the Darknet

23andMe Data Leaked to the Darknet

On the dark web, hackers are allegedly selling information about millions of 23andMe clients, including their names, photographs, birth dates, and ethnicity, for thousands of dollars. According to 23andMe, there hasn’t been a breach of the company’s...
McLaren Health Ransomware Attack: Data Leaked

McLaren Health Ransomware Attack: Data Leaked

This week, McLaren Health Care admitted that the ransomware attack that brought down the network at its 14 hospitals in Michigan in late August and early September might potentially have exposed some patient information to the dark web. Late last week, the...
Australian Man charged with drug trafficking, $1.5 Million seized

Australian Man charged with drug trafficking, $1.5 Million seized

An Adelaide man has been charged by South Australian police with drug trafficking and money laundering offenses allegedly conducted on the dark web. According to police, the 25-year-old Adelaide Hills resident ran many vendor personas on the dark web where he...
PhilHealth Data Appears on the Darknet

PhilHealth Data Appears on the Darknet

An official revealed on Tuesday that hackers had started disclosing some Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) data, including information on employees, on the dark web after failing to obtain the ransom money from the government. According to Jeffrey...