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Imagine an everyday ransomware attack on a U.S. city that results in sensitive data being leaked weeks later when the large ransom demanded is not paid. Now imagine that the mayor of that cit

The precise origins of today’s ransomware are still up for debate but there is no doubt that a piece of malware called Reveton, which first emerged in 2012, was an important moment. The wor

Around a decade ago, the bad people who make ransomware had an idea that proved so successful it helped fuel a crime boom that still haunts us to this day: hide the technical complexity of ra

On October 28, 2023, the British Library in London was hit by a devastating ransomware attack that ended up causing months of disruption to the venerable institution’s services. We’ve cov

On May 7 2024, almost five years after it first appeared, the LockBit ransomware group finally got a human face. His name is Dmitry Khoroshev (aka ‘LockBitSupp’), alleged by the FBI and U

If you’re a seasoned watcher of cybersecurity incidents, you’ll doubtless have heard an unhappy tale that’s similar to the following story many times before. In February 2024, hackers u

Every organization that suffers a serious ransomware attack faces years of financial pain and reputational damage, or at least this is what we’re often told. While it’s true that the shor

Cybercriminals, it is widely observed, have a fondness for weekends. This is not by chance—at weekends organizations are short-staffed, making this the best time to launch a cyberattack. It

What effect did last year’s high-profile police disruption of the world’s two foremost ransomware groups have on the wider criminal industry surrounding them? It’s been an open question