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Two ransomware actors injected confusion into this week's cybersecurity news with scams, head fakes, and likely outright fabrications.
The week ransomware hackers played head games
https://www.metacurity.com/p/week-ransomware-hackers-played-head-games

Wild Development in Fani Willis' Case Against Donald #Trump
https://www.theroot.com/hackers-and-ransom-another-wild-development-in-fani-wi-18…

Hackers and Ransom? Another Wild Development in Fani Willis' versus Donald Trump
Hackers have threatened to release documents on Thursday in the Georgia election interference case if they don't get ransom money.

An interview with Chris Moran, the Guardian's head of editorial innovation, about its new "Deeply Read" list, which uses an "active time spent" ranking metric (Laura Hazard Owen/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/20…

Russian-speaking LockBit threatens to release Trump case documents in Fulton County Court that "could affect the upcoming US election" unless a ransom is paid (Davey Winder/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2…

Stolen Donald Trump Court Files Will Be Published February 29, Hackers Say
The LockBit ransomware group is threatening to release stolen Fulton County Court documents related to Donald Trump’s case unless an undisclosed ransom payment is made today.

An interview with Chris Moran, the Guardian's head of editorial innovation, about its new "Deeply Read" list, which uses an "active time spent" ranking metric (Laura Hazard Owen/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/20…

You would think that by now everybody would have eliminated the means of access to do this.
US prescription market hamstrung for 9 days (so far) by ransomware attack | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/

US prescription market hamstrung for 9 days (so far) by ransomware attack
Patients having trouble getting lifesaving meds have the AlphV crime group to thank.

Finnish hacker imprisoned for accessing thousands of psychotherapy records and demanding ransoms
https://apnews.com/article/finland-court-hacking-ransom-psychotherapy-center-b03183e5ca66a768d743f7e84b368829

Finnish hacker imprisoned for accessing thousands of psychotherapy records and demanding ransoms
https://apnews.com/article/finland-court-hacking-ransom-psychotherapy-center-b03183e5ca66a768d743f7e84b368829

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Trump Trial Ransomware Leak
https://www.wired.com/story/lockbit-fulton-county-georgia-trump-ransomware-leak/

Epic games says there is "zero evidence" it was hacked.
Epic Games Responds to Ransomware Attack Claims
https://gamerant.com/epic-games-ransomware-attack-response/