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The Russia-linked ransomware gang demanded $20 million in ransom — and the overthrow of Costa Rica's elected government.

The US Department of Justice today said that Moises Luis Zagala Gonzalez (Zagala), a 55-year-old cardiologist with French and Venezuelan citizenship residing in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, created and rented Jigsaw and Thanos ransomware to cybercriminals.

U.S. Department of Justice accuses a 55-year-old cardiologist from Venezuela of being the mastermind behind the Thanos ransomware.

“It stopped everything we did. It's all we could focus on for a month and a half," said Lincoln College president David Gerlach.

New platform release further strengthens capabilities to prevent brand abuse, detect compromised credentials, visualize and prioritize threats, and defend attack surfaces BOSTON, May 12

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- Nearly a week into a ransomware attack that has crippled Costa Rican government computer systems, the country refused to pay a ransom as it struggled to implement workarounds and braced itself as hackers began publishing stolen information.

STOCKHOLM, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LootLocker, the game backend-as-a-service company announced today the closing of its $2.1MM seed financing round. Participating in the round are IA Ventures

Experts anticipated a Moscow-led cyber assault; instead unprecedented attacks by hacktivists and criminals have wreaked havoc in Russia.

Researchers trace cyberattacks on Indian power grid organizations back to a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group.

The FBI and CISA added several strains of wiper malware to its advisory on tools used to target Ukrainian organizations.