The US Treasury Department building is seen in Washington, DC, January 19, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) US, UK, Australia sanction Russian national after major Australian ransomware attack The October 2022 attack targeted Australia's largest private health insurer, Medibank. Jan 23, 2024 By AJ Vicens
Getty Images ‘Disgruntled insider’ shared REvil information with researchers, helped law enforcement REvil was among the most notorious ransomware crews until international attention and arrests hobbled the group. Sep 29, 2022
St. Basil’s Cathedral in central Moscow on May 27, 2022. (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images) REvil prosecutions reach a ‘dead end,’ Russian media reports The contention follows multiple claims from Russian officials that a lack of U.S. cooperation was hurting their case. May 27, 2022 By AJ Vicens
A sign is posted on the exterior of Twitter headquarters on April 27, 2022 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Twitter may have given user’s private data to a ransomware hacker, who then ran a researcher offline If true, it's just the latest example of phony data requests used for illicit purposes. May 2, 2022 By AJ Vicens
US Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference over ransomware cyberattack at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC on Nov. 8, 2021. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images) REvil member accused of Kaseya ransomware attack arraigned in Texas Yaroslav Vasinskyi faces up to 115 years in jail. Mar 9, 2022 By Tonya Riley
The message currently visible on the front page of Sky Fraud. Russian government continues crackdown on cybercriminals With the takedown of the Sky Fraud forum and other cybercrime sites, Russia is continuing a sweep that began earlier this year against groups known as REvil… Feb 8, 2022
An aircraft grounded due to the COVID-19 pandemic, operated by Ryanair, is pictured beyond unused Swissport stairs, on the apron at Manchester Airport in Manchester, north west England on May 1, 2020. (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images) Ransomware spree hitting European oil, transport companies European officials do not currently believe that some of the attacks are linked. Feb 4, 2022 By Tim Starks
Iranians lift national flags during a ceremony in Tehran, on Jan. 3, 2022, commemorating the second anniversary of the killing in Iraq of top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani (portrait) and Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in a U.S. raid. (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images) State Department offers $10M for information on Iranian election interference The pair of hackers was indicted in November. Feb 2, 2022 By Tonya Riley
Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev, shown here in May 2021, said cyber cooperation between the U.S. and Russia is a good thing, but it needs to be reciprocal. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov / Getty Images) Top Russian official cites REvil arrests as sign of cooperation, says Moscow is awaiting reciprocation Cyber cooperation between the two countries could suffer as Ukraine tensions mount. Jan 28, 2022
The headquarters of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in Moscow on March 23, 2021. (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP via Getty Images) Russia’s FSB announces sting against members of REvil cybercrime gang The security service said it executed the sting at locations in Moscow, St. Petersburg and elsewhere. Jan 14, 2022 By Joe Warminsky