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Operation Cronos: law enforcement disrupted the LockBit operation

Security Affairs

Since January 2020, affiliates utilizing LockBit have targeted organizations of diverse sizes spanning critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation.

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GUEST ESSAY: Why organizations need to prepare for cyber attacks fueled by quantum computers

The Last Watchdog

It is now more important than ever for companies to share cyberattack and ransomware data with the government to ensure that we can defend and prepare much better than before. Even worse, data that is being stolen today is sitting on servers in other countries waiting to be decrypted by quantum computers. Sharing attack intel.

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Cybersecurity agencies published a joint LockBit ransomware advisory

Security Affairs

The operation targeted many organizations in critical infrastructure sectors, including financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. law enforcement). According to the French ANSSI cybersecurity agency, LockBit 3.0

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US GOV OFFERS A REWARD OF UP TO $15M FOR INFO ON LOCKBIT GANG MEMBERS AND AFFILIATES

Security Affairs

government offers rewards of up to $15 million for information that could lead to the identification or location of LockBit ransomware gang members and affiliates. ” reads the press release published by the U.S.

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A Russian national charged for committing LockBit Ransomware attacks

Security Affairs

The operation targeted many organizations in critical infrastructure sectors, including financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. law enforcement).

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EU data governance regulation – a wave of digital, regulatory and antitrust reform begins – Part 1

Data Protection Report

On 25 November 2020, the European Commission ( EC ) published its proposed Data Governance Regulation (the DGR ), which will create a new legal framework to encourage the development of a European single market for data. What are the objectives of the Data Governance Regulation? This is part one of a series of three blog posts.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 December 2023

IT Governance

Source (New) Agriculture USA Yes Unknown Precision Technologies Group – Holroyd Source (New) Engineering UK Yes Unknown A.G. The post The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 December 2023 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. The protected health information of up to 34,862 people was compromised.