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Sodinokibi ransomware plagues Travelex currency exchange as investigation continues: report

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A days-long ransomware attack against Travelex has forced the British currency exchange to suspend many of its online operations as the United Kingdom’s Metropolitan police investigate the incident. The company said on Dec. 31 it would suspend all of its online services, including its app and internal email systems, to mitigate a cyberattack it detected that day. Two days later, Travelex contacted the Metropolitan police, seeking help to resolve the situation. Normal operations hadn’t been restored, the BBC reported Tuesday, with hackers reportedly demanding a $6 million ransom (£4.6 million) to unlock the affected data. Travelex did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday. The firm’s website was still offline at press time, citing planned maintenance. “The company’s network of branches continues to provide foreign exchange services manually,” the firm said in a Jan. 2 tweet. Travelex, a subsidiary of United Arab Emirates-based Finablr, operates 1,200 locations in 70 […]

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Romanian hackers allegedly carried out January D.C. police camera hack

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A federal court affidavit reveals that two Romanian hackers were behind a attack that shut down most of D.C. police’s security cameras for four days in January, CNN reports. The affidavit, filed by U.S. Secret Service agent James Graham, explains that Isvanca and Cismaru compromised computers attached to 123 percent of the city’s 187 cameras with a broader plot to use those computers for a phishing campaign. A Secret Service analysis of three of the compromised computers found malicious code used in ransomware attacks along with text files containing 179,616 email addresses. Investigators concluded that the hackers planned to use D.C. computers to spread ransomware through spam emails. Investigators were able to link email accounts that had been accessed on the compromised computers to Isvanca and Cismaru. D.C. officials were able to regain control and bring the cameras back online within four days. During that the time they were disabled, an elderly woman was killed by stray gunfire in an ongoing chase, and […]

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