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Ireland’s Health Services hit with $20 million ransomware demand

Ireland's health service, the HSE, says they are refusing to pay a $20 million ransom demand to the Conti ransomware gang after the hackers encrypted computers and disrupted health care in the country. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ireland-s-health-services-hit-with-20-million-ransomware-demand/
Insurer AXA hit by ransomware after dropping support for ransom payments

Branches of insurance giant AXA based in Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and the Philippines have been struck by a ransomware cyber attack. As seen by BleepingComputer yesterday, the Avaddon ransomware group claimed on their leak site that they had stolen over 3 TB of sensitive data from AXA's Asian operations. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/insurer-axa-hit-by-ransomware-after-dropping-support-for-ransom-payments/
UK govt seeks advice on defending against supply-chain cyberattacks

Today, the UK government has announced a call for advice on defending against software supply-chain attacks and ways to strengthen IT Managed Service Providers (MSPs) across the country. The move comes after last week when President Biden had issued an executive order to increase cybersecurity defenses across the U.S. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-govt-seeks-advice-on-defending-against-supply-chain-cyberattacks/
Ransomware victim shows why transparency in attacks matters

As devastating ransomware attacks continue to have far-reaching consequences, companies still try to hide the attacks rather than be transparent. Below we highlight a company's response to an attack that should be used as a model for all future disclosures. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-victim-shows-why-transparency-in-attacks-matters/