U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst Arrested and Charged with Conspiracy to Obtain and Disclose National Defense Information

Korbein Schultz, a U.S. Army soldier and intelligence analyst, was arrested today at Fort Campbell following an indictment by a federal grand jury charging him with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, exporting technical data related to defense Read More …

Hacker forum post claims UnitedHealth paid $22 mln ransom in bid to recover data

A post on a hacker forum popular with cybercriminals has claimed UnitedHealth Group opens new tab paid $22 million in a bid to recover access to data and systems encrypted by the “Blackcat” ransomware gang, according to two researchers. Neither Read More …

US airman pleads guilty to leaking classified documents

Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard charged with leaking classified military documents on a social media platform, pleaded guilty on Monday to carrying out one of the most serious U.S. national security breaches in years. The Read More …

North Carolina: Around £2.1 million has been stolen from the housing agency as the US Secret Service is investigating

It is a little-known clothing firm based out of an anonymous residential street in Scotland’s biggest city, with overflowing bags and boxes of rubbish piled up outside its front door. But a Glasgow company is at the centre of a Read More …

LockBit cyberattack: Fulton County refuses to pay ransom as deadline passes

Fulton County leaders say they have not paid any ransom to the criminal group claiming responsibility for the cyberattack that affected several of the county’s agencies. The group LockBit had set a deadline of 8:49 a.m. on Thursday for Fulton Read More …

US prescription market hamstrung for 9 days (so far) by ransomware attack

Nine days after a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate took down the biggest US health care payment processor, pharmacies, health care providers, and patients were still scrambling to fill prescriptions for medicines, many of which are lifesaving. On Thursday, UnitedHealth Group accused Read More …

Cyber attack affects numerous services at most Nebraska state hospital

The Nebraska Hospital Association said most state hospitals were affected by a cyber attack. The NHA said Change Health Care was hit with the attack on Feb. 21. The technology company assists with things like prior authorizations, insurance verification and Read More …

Pennsylvania: Welch plant in North East restarts after cyber attack shuts facility down for 3 weeks

In a statement provided to the Erie Times-News, the company said: “On Monday, we restarted our spreads production bringing more than 100 employees back to work at our North East plant. We expect additional employees to return to work over the Read More …

Lockbit cybercrime gang says it is back online following global police bust

Lockbit, the cybercrime gang that was knocked offline by a comprehensive international police operation earlier this month, says it has restored its servers and is back in business. The group, notorious on the internet’s criminal underground for using malicious software Read More …