John Rupolo reports: University of New Mexico Health is addressing concerns after a cyberattack on Monday, with reports surfacing this week that a ransomware group claimed responsibility for the incident. “So what I can say is we’re also aware of those claims by that group,” said Chris Ramirez, communications director…
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Artem Stryzhak gets 70 months for Nefilim and Hive ransomware attacks targeting hospitals, government agencies and businesses in the US and overseas.
Artem Stryzhak gets 70 months in prison for Hive and Nefilim ransomware attacks, while the FBI offers $11 million for his alleged co-conspirator. A federal court in Brooklyn has sentenced Artem Stryzhak , a Ukrainian national, to 70 months in prison for using ransomware to extort millions of dollars from victims. The…
Ukrainian ransomware crook Artem Stryzhak has been sentenced to 70 months in the slammer by a New York federal court for his role as an affiliate of the Nefilim and Hive ransomware gangs. Prosecutors believe the cybercriminal began working with Nefilim in or around June 2021, while living in Barcelona, Spain. The…
A 36-year-old Ukrainian national was sentenced to 70 months in prison for participating in a string of ransomware attacks targeting various critical infrastructure operators and businesses from the middle of 2018 to late 2021, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Artem Aleksandrovych Stryzhak was involved in…
The University of New Mexico is working to restore systems following the incident, which has been claimed by the BYOD ransomware group
U.S. federal investigators pursuing the ShinyHunters hacking group that recently stole highly sensitive data from the FBI have identified executives at two different ransomware negotiation firms who maintained unusually close relations with the extortion group, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Sources close to the…
Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday arrested an executive at a Canadian cybersecurity firm in connection with an investigation into the ShinyHunters hacking group that recently relieved the FBI of sensitive data on thousands of agents, multiple sources tell KrebsOnSecurity. The New York…
A teenager from Amman, Jordan suspected of leading the prolific data theft and extortion group ShinyHunters has been detained and is reportedly cooperating with the FBI to identify other members of the hacking gang. KrebsOnSecurity has learned that the suspect, who uses the hacker handle “ Rey ,” was detained as…