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Who is Alleged Medibank Hacker Aleksandr Ermakov?

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Authorities in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States this week levied financial sanctions against a Russian man accused of stealing data on nearly 10 million customers of the Australian health insurance giant Medibank. 33-year-old Aleksandr Ermakov allegedly stole and leaked the Medibank data while working with one of Russia’s most destructive ransomware groups, but little more is shared about the accused. Here’s a closer look at the activities of Mr. Ermakov’s alleged hacker handles. Continue reading Who is Alleged Medibank Hacker Aleksandr Ermakov?→

US, UK, Australia sanction Russian national after major Australian ransomware attack

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The October 2022 attack targeted Australia’s largest private health insurer, Medibank.

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New Cylance Ransomware Targets Linux and Windows, Warn Researchers

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By Waqas
For now, Cylance ransomware is still in its early stages, yet it has already claimed several victims.
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The Most Prolific Ransomware Gangs of 2022

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As we look forward to 2023, we can find many ransomware lessons in looking back at 2022. The year brought us numerous attacks by many of the same gangs we’ve watched for years, as well as some newcomers. Many ransomware gangs operate like businesses, with their own marketing departments and user documentation. With the advent […]

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Ransomware Gang Leaks Medibank Data on Dark Web

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By Habiba Rashid
The leak came just days after Medibank, Australia’s largest health insurer, refused to pay ransom to hackers.
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‘Disgruntled insider’ shared REvil information with researchers, helped law enforcement

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REvil was among the most notorious ransomware crews until international attention and arrests hobbled the group.

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Smashing Security podcast #278: Tim Hortons, avoiding sanctions, and good faith security research

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Trouble brews with the Tim Hortons app, Mandiant gets in a tussle with a Russian ransomware gang, and should good faith security researchers be at risk of prosecution?

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Twitter may have given user’s private data to a ransomware hacker, who then ran a researcher offline

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If true, it’s just the latest example of phony data requests used for illicit purposes.

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