Ransomware Cases Increased Greatly in 2023 showing our actions have not been enough to thwart the threat

As we move further into 2024, we must be cautious (maybe even fearful!) of ransomware cases increasing even more than in previous years. Though governments around the world are taking more interest in the worldwide threat, we can see from the increase of cases that our actions have not been enough to thwart the ransomware threat. As new groups continue to form, former groups continue to evolve into new brands, and the big players continue to ramp up their efforts, we must remain vigilant and focus on our preparation and early detection capabilities.

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Hathway – 4,670,080 breached accounts

In December 2023, hundreds of gigabytes of data allegedly taken from Indian ISP and digital TV provider Hathway appeared on a popular hacking website. The incident exposed extensive personal information including 4.7M unique email addresses along with names, physical and IP addresses, phone numbers, password hashes and support ticket logs.

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sandbox

What is a sandbox? A sandbox is an isolated testing environment that enables users to run programs or open files […]

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Legendas.TV – 3,869,181 breached accounts

In October 2017, the now defunct Brazilian service for retrieving subtitles in Portuguese Legendas.TV suffered a data breach that exposed nearly 4M customer records. The impacted data included names, usernames, email and IP addresses and unsalted SHA-1 hashes.

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cybercrime

What is cybercrime? Cybercrime is any criminal activity that involves a computer, network or networked device. While most cybercriminals use […]

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