RANSOMWARE

Private prison firm hit with ransomware attack

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The GEO Group, the company best known for operating illegal immigration detention centres and private prisons in the US, disclosed that it suffered a ransomware attack this summer, exposing sensitive information about inmates and residents.  Personal data and health information of both inmates and residents were exposed during the attack, which took place on 19 August … Read more

Microsoft takes legal action, disrupts massive botnet

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Microsoft has executed a plan to take down a vast ransomware distributor after successfully arguing in court that its copyright has been violated.  The action is focused on a botnet called Trickbot, one of the world’s most prolific ransomware distributors. Trickbot began life in 2016 as a banking trojan. Since then, its operators (mainly Russian-speaking … Read more