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Over $100 Million in Ransom Payments Recorded by Hive Ransomware, FBI and CISA Urge Organizations To Take Protective Measures
ByWei Chieh Lim November 25, 2022November 25, 2022

Hive ransomware has racked up over $100 million in ransom payments and over 1,300 organizations have been impacted as the group becomes one of the biggest criminal service providers of the moment. The group likes to prey on poorly secured VPNs and unpatched Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities.

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Medibank Accepts the Consequences of Health Data Being Leaked as It Refuses Ransom Payments
ByWei Chieh Lim November 17, 2022November 16, 2022

Attackers started leaking health data of selected public figures and politicians as well as people who may have had compromising conditions or treatments as Medibank has publicly committed to not making ransom payments.

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NSA: Sanctions Slowing Down Ransom Payments, Which in Turn Is Suppressing Ransomware Attacks
ByWei Chieh Lim June 1, 2022May 31, 2022

The NSA says that recent sanctions are creating difficulty for ransom payments leading to reduced ransomware attacks, which are still largely originating from Russia and allies such as Belarus.

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