US Sanctions Crypto Exchange Tied to Russian Ransomware

Threat Score:
82
Data Breach Today UK
3 hours ago

Overview

US Treasury Says Crypto Exchange Helped Launder $100 Million for Ransomware Gangs The U.S. Department of Treasury sanctioned Thursday a Russian founder and co-owners of the Garantex cryptocurrency exchange in a bid to tighten methods criminal hackers use to launder extortion money and Kremlin sanctions busting. Regulators also sanctioned Garantex successor Grinex....

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Norway confirms dam intrusion by Pro-Russian hackers

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Multiple ZTNA Products Authentication Bypass

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Breach Roundup: Russian Hackers Attacked Norwegian Dam

Data Breach Today UK • 5 hours ago

Also: Spain Defies Pressure to Eject Huawei, Hackers Leak North Korea Kimsuky Data This week, Norway said Russian hackers attacked a flood gate, Spain defied pressure to eject Huawei, a cyberattack against the Office of the Pennsylvania Attorney General. Hackers leaked stolen North Korean Kimsuky data, Microsoft patched a Kerberos zero-day and a big Chrome bug bounty.

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