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Operation Cronos: law enforcement disrupted the LockBit operation

Security Affairs

Lockbit ransomware group administrative staff has confirmed with us their websites have been seized. In 2022, LockBit was one of the most active ransomware groups, and its prevalence continued into 2023. In 2022, LockBit was one of the most active ransomware groups, and its prevalence continued into 2023. on January 5, 2020.

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Resecurity Released a 2024 Cyber Threat Landscape Forecast

Security Affairs

Key trends: 1️ Increased Ransomware Activity Targeting Public Companies Ransomware groups are poised to intensify their focus on publicly-traded organizations. Recent U.S. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, 2024 Cyber Threat Landscape Forecast)

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

Security Affairs

. “The Department of State is announcing reward offers totaling up to $15 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of any individual participating in a LockBit ransomware variant attack and for information leading to the identification and/or location of any key leaders of the LockBit ransomware group.”

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More details about Operation Cronos that disrupted Lockbit operation

Security Affairs

Lockbit ransomware group administrative staff has confirmed with us their websites have been seized. pic.twitter.com/SvpbeslrCd — vx-underground (@vxunderground) February 19, 2024 The operation led to the arrest of two members of the ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine and the seizure of hundreds of crypto wallets used by the group.

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Congratulations to Sidley’s Newest Partners!

Data Matters

Kate has strong experience involving complex privacy and data security matters and represents several large, multinational companies, as well as startups, in the healthcare, technology and financial services sectors, among others. Kate is a member of the firm’s Privacy and Cybersecurity, Healthcare, and Commercial Litigation groups.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 12 – 18 February 2024

IT Governance

Following information from Microsoft , Open AI closed accounts associated with the Forest Blizzard (Strontium), Emerald Sleet (Thallium), Crimson Sandstorm (Curium), Charcoal Typhoon (Chromium) and Salmon Typhoon (Sodium) threat groups.

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IBM and Tata Consulting Services collaborate to drive hybrid cloud adoption with IBM Power Virtual Server

IBM Big Data Hub

As enterprises are seeing a lot of uptick in migrating workloads to cloud, IBM has created a space for itself amongst the many hyperscalers out in the market in terms of their Power Virtual server and Financial Services cloud offerings. ” —Sureshkumar J, TCS iSeries Chief Architect.

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