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UK disrupts Russian money laundering networks used by ransomware
A law enforcement operation led by the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has disrupted two Russian money laundering networks working with criminals worldwide, including ransomware gangs. Dubbed “Operation Destabilise,” this international investigation has led to the arrest of 84 Russian-speaking suspects linked to the Smart (led by Ukrainian George Rossi) and TGR (controlled by Russian Ekaterina Zhdanova) criminal organizations.…
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Blue Yonder ransomware attack disrupts grocery, retail, and hospitality firms
Supply chain software company Blue Yonder has revealed it suffered a ransomware attack causing operational disruption for some of its customers, including a number of UK grocery and retail stores. The firm’s solutions use AI and machine learning algorithms to help retail customers model demand and respond to market changes by optimizing their inventory accordingly. Blue Yonder provides software for…
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Blue Yonder ransomware attack disrupts grocery store supply chain
Supply chain management firm Blue Yonder is warning that a ransomware attack caused significant disruption to its services, with the outages impacting grocery store chains in the UK. Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software) operates as a Panasonic subsidiary with an annual revenue of over a billion USD and 6,000 employees. The company offers AI-driver supply chain solutions to retailers, manufacturers, and…
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Microsoft disrupts ONNX phishing-as-a-service infrastructure
Microsoft has seized 240 domains used by customers of ONNX, a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform, to target companies and individuals across the United States and worldwide since at least 2017. According to Microsoft’s Digital Defense Report 2024, ONNX (previously known as Caffeine) was the top Adversary in the Middle (AitM) phishing service by volume of phishing messages during the first half…
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Interpol disrupts cybercrime activity on 22,000 IP addresses, arrests 41
Interpol announced it arrested 41 individuals and taken down 1,037 servers and infrastructure running on 22,000 IP addresses facilitating cybercrime in an international law enforcement action titled Operation Synergia II. The operation took place between April and August 2024, spanning 95 countries and resulting in 41 arrests of those linked to various crimes, including ransomware, phishing, and information stealers. Interpol…
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US disrupts Anonymous Sudan DDoS operation, indicts 2 Sudanese brothers
The United States Department of Justice unsealed an indictment today against two Sudanese brothers suspected of being the operators of Anonymous Sudan, a notorious and dangerous hacktivist group known for conducting over 35,000 DDoS attacks in a year. Since launching in 2023, Anonymous Sudan has been behind numerous high-profile DDoS attacks, causing widespread outages and the inability for users worldwide to access…
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Ransomware attack on broadband provider OzarksGo disrupts TV service in Arkansas, Oklahoma
Broadband provider OzarksGo over the weekend notified about 4,500 customers of an October 7, 2024 cyber attack that disrupted TV service in Northwest Arkansas and Northeast Oklahoma. The linear TV outage is still ongoing as of time of writing. “Due to the nature of the incident, the service impact is ongoing and expected to continue for an extended period of…
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FBI disrupts 260,000-strong botnet targeting universities and government agencies in US
The FBI has disrupted a vast botnet being used by a Chinese threat group to target universities, government agencies, and other organizations in the US. The Five Eyes intelligence alliance recently issued a joint advisory warning organizations to take protective action after identifying the botnet being used to deploy DDoS attacks against or compromise US organizations. Talking at the Aspen…
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FBI disrupts the Dispossessor ransomware operation, seizes servers
The FBI announced on Monday that it seized the servers and websites of the Radar/Dispossessor ransomware operation following a joint international investigation. The joint operation was carried out in collaboration with the U.K.’s National Crime Agency, the Bamberg Public Prosecutor’s Office, and the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (BLKA). Law enforcement seized three U.S. servers, three U.K. servers, 18 German…
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