Like the grade-school dweeb who reminds their teacher to assign tonight's homework, or the power-tripping homeowner who threatens every neighbor with an HOA citation, the ransomware group ALPHV can now add itself to a shameful roster of pathetic, little tattle-tales.
In November, the ransomware gang ALPHV, which also goes by the name Black Cat, notified the US Securities and Exchange Commission about the Costa Mesa-based software company MeridianLink, alleging that the company had failed to notify the government about a data breach.
According to ALPHV, MeridianLink had violated that rule.
According to a MeridianLink spokesperson, while the company confirmed a cybersecurity incident, it denied the severity of the incident.
This week on the Lock and Code podcast with host David Ruiz, we speak to Recorded Future intelligence analyst Allan Liska about what ALPHV could hope to accomplish with its SEC complaint, whether similar threats have been made in the past under other regulatory regime, and what organizations everywhere should know about ransomware attacks going into the new year.
One big takeaway, Liska said, is that attacks are getting bigger, bolder, and brasher.
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This Cyber News was published on www.malwarebytes.com. Publication date: Mon, 04 Dec 2023 18:13:05 +0000