Ring LLC, the home security and smart home company owned by Amazon, has been ransomed by ALPHV ransomware group.

They left a simple message to Ring: "There's always the option to let us leak your data".

Ransomware wouldn't be a problem if we removed encryption from all electronic devices

Happy Pi Day, nerds.

We've heard your complaints loud and clear. SentinelOne has expanded the giveaway.

tl;dr submit your best malware research and win a Macbook Pro and have your research featured on SentinelOne's website (and VXUG, duh)

*See attached image for details

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We worked damn hard with SentinelOne to ensure we can give someone a really cool laptop - to give an underdog a voice in research. If you nerds don't submit something cool we will deploy monkey-bonk on a catastrophic scale

March 5th: ALPHV ransomware group began leaking photos of topless female breast cancer patients.

March 14th: Patients effected by the ALPHV ransomware attack filed a class action lawsuit against the hospital.

Information via: AlvieriD

More info: https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2023/03/cancer-patient-sues-lvhn-over-cyberattack-in-which-photos-data-were-leaked-on-dark-web.html

Following the SpaceX contractor ransomware incident we witnessed a flood of individuals stating ransomware groups should fear Elon Musk.

Ransomware groups are internationally wanted. They are opportunists who will target anyone or anything.

They do not fear Elon Musk. Sorry.

gPt-4 iS sO sCaRy

Image via PetrBenes

PMC Wagner is advertising on PornHub. The advertisements tells the watcher to stop masturbating and to join Wagner Group.

This advertisement is only viewed from individuals who have logged into PornHub via VK.

OpenAI performed a great deal of research and risk assessment on GPT-4 prior to it going public. OpenAI has restricted some of its responses based on the tasks performed. See attached images for examples released by OpenAI.

It is very bad.

Information via lukOlejnik

The information produced by GPT-4 is absurd.

You can read the full paper here: https://cdn.openai.com/papers/gpt-4.pdf

In February it was reported that the United States Marshal Services were subject to an alleged ransomware attack.

Today a person appeared online - offering to sell the data for $150,000

*Text taken from forum, text slightly altered to improve legibility

Intel via BrettCallow

Our Tweet about Wagner Group advertising on PornHub resulted in journalists contacting PornHub about the ad. PornHub has removed the ad citing it violating their rules on political advertisements.

tl;dr accidentally got Wagner banned hahahaha

We are continuing our work on several large projects.

In the meantime, we will continue being the TMZ of cyber crime and shit posting.

Sincerely, vx-underground Cyber Cow 'Yankee Oscar Lima Oscar'

vx-underground glows in the dark.

hmmmmmmm

Lockbit ransomware group has begun leaking data from the compromised contractor. Truthfully, we have no idea what we are looking at. We do not possess a background in ... aeronautic engineering?

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin

More Information: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/icc-judges-issue-arrest-warrant-against-putin-over-alleged-war-crimes-2023-03-17

The administrator of BreachedForums, Pompompurin, has been arrested by the FBI.

More information: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-17/dark-web-breachforums-operator-charged-with-computer-crime

If you're experiencing a pay wall for the article, you can read the full court document released by the FBI here: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.595805/gov.uscourts.nysd.595805.1.0.pdf

Footage of BreachedForum administrator Pompompurin's home being raided by the FBI.