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To: cuz1961

> NOTHING digital is 100 % secure.

Including the hacker group. Why are they still in business?


25 posted on 03/10/2024 9:02:10 AM PDT by tarator
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To: tarator

It’s extremely hard to catch really smart hackers.

In this particular case and other corporate hacking events, more time than not the source of the hack is internal not some super geek in a basement somewhere around the world.


31 posted on 03/10/2024 9:37:31 AM PDT by srmanuel ( )
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To: tarator

It’s extremely hard to catch really smart hackers.

In this particular case and other corporate hacking events, more time than not the source of the hack is internal not some super geek in a basement somewhere around the world.


32 posted on 03/10/2024 9:37:31 AM PDT by srmanuel ( )
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To: tarator
NOTHING digital is 100 % secure.
Including the hacker group. Why are they still in business?

Here is an article about their current status:
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/03/blackcat-ransomware-group-implodes-after-apparent-22m-ransom-payment-by-change-healthcare/

"There are indications that U.S. healthcare giant Change Healthcare has made a $22 million extortion payment to the infamous BlackCat ransomware group (a.k.a. “ALPHV“) as the company struggles to bring services back online amid a cyberattack that has disrupted prescription drug services nationwide for weeks. However, the cybercriminal who claims to have given BlackCat access to Change’s network says the crime gang cheated them out of their share of the ransom, and that they still have the sensitive data Change reportedly paid the group to destroy. Meanwhile, the affiliate’s disclosure appears to have prompted BlackCat to cease operations entirely." (see longer article)

46 posted on 03/10/2024 10:54:02 AM PDT by aimhigh (1 John 3:23 "And THIS is His commandment . . . . ")
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