‘Cyberpunk 2077’ patch delayed as developers reportedly can’t access their VPN

Posted on 25/02/2021 by Engadget

Earlier today, CD Projekt Red announced that the second major patch for Cyberpunk 2077 will be delayed until late March, and it cited a recent ransomware attack as well as the patch's extensive scope as reasons why. The company didn't go into...

CD Projekt Red hackers reportedly sold the ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ source code

Posted on 11/02/2021 by Engadget

The hackers behind this week's ransomware attack on Cyberpunk 2077 studio CD Projekt Red appear to have found a buyer for the stolen data. They ran an auction on a hacking forum but, as The Verge notes, they shut it down after reportedly accepting an...

Microsoft, McAfee and others form a ransomware task force

Posted on 22/12/2020 by Engadget

Ransomware attacks can cause serious disruptions. They’ve locked people out of hospital, school district and city government networks. To help tackle the scourge, Microsoft, McAfee and 17 other tech companies, security firms and non-profits have form...

A ransomware attack has shut down Baltimore’s public schools

Posted on 25/11/2020 by Engadget

Students in the Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) system have suddenly found themselves with an extra day off for the Thanksgiving holiday, but it wasn't because of a snow day. As The Verge reports, an apparent ransomware attack took BCPS' inter...

‘Watch Dogs: Legion,’ a game about hacking, may be victim of a hack

Posted on 04/11/2020 by Engadget

It seemed like just a matter of time before the hack-the-world game Watch Dogs: Legion was itself the victim of a breach, and it might have happened sooner than you expected. According to Rock Paper Shotgun, the ransomware outfit Egregor claims to ha...

FBI warns hospitals of ‘increased and imminent’ ransomware threat

Posted on 29/10/2020 by Engadget

US federal authorities have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory warning hospitals and healthcare providers that they’re in danger of being targeted by a ransomware attack. A number of providers in the US had fallen victim to cybercriminals taking t...

Microsoft helped disrupt the infamous Trickbot botnet

Posted on 12/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

It’s not just the US government racing to disrupt the Trickbot botnet ahead of elections. Microsoft has revealed that it and multiple partners (including ESET, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, NTT, Symantec and FS-ISAC) have taken steps to disrupt Trickbot....

Ransomware attack on a healthcare firm slowed clinical trials

Posted on 04/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Cyberattacks on the healthcare industry are causing more headaches. The New York Times reports that clinical trials slowed down after healthcare software provider eResearchTechnology suffered ransomware attacks starting two weeks ago. IQVIA (a resear...

Suspected ransomware attack hits one of the largest hospital networks in the US

Posted on 28/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

One of the US’s largest healthcare providers has been hit by what looks like a highly coordinated ransomware attack (via NBC News). Over the weekend, hospitals in the US operated by Universal Health Services started to notice problems with their IT s...

‘The Dark Overlord’ hacking group member sentenced to five years in prison

Posted on 22/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

A US district judge has sentenced a UK National to five years in federal prison for participating in the cybercrime activities of hacking collective group “The Dark Overlord.” Nathan Wyatt was extradited from the UK to the US in December 2019 for tar...

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