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Notorious ransomware programmer Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev arrested in Russia

Russian authorities arrested ransomware affiliate Mikhail Matveev, aka Wazawaka, for developing malware and ties to hacking groups. Russian authorities arrested a ransomware affiliate, Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev (also known as Wazawaka, Uhodiransomwar, m1x, and Boriselcin), and charged him for developing malware and his role in several hacking groups. The man was arrested in Kaliningrad, Russia, law […]
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Wanted Russian Cybercriminal Linked to Hive and LockBit Ransomware Has Been Arrested

A Russian cybercriminal wanted in the U.S. in connection with LockBit and Hive ransomware operations has been arrested by law enforcement authorities in the country.
According to a news report from Russian media outlet RIA Novosti, Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev has been accused of developing a malicious program designed to encrypt files and seek ransom in return for a decryption key.
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US Cyber Spy Commanded from China Gets Four Years in Prison

The US justice system has sentenced a Floridian to four years in prison, plus three years of supervised release, for selling national secrets to China’s intelligence services.

59-year-old Ping Li, a resident of Wesley Chapel, Florida, had immigrated to the United States from the People’s Republic of China years back.

Working in various roles for US telecommunications companies and IT organizations, Li would serve as a cooperative contact working at the direction of officers of the PRC’s Minist

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UK hospital, hit by cyberattack, resorts to paper and postpones procedures

A British hospital is grappling with a major cyberattack that has crippled its IT systems and disrupted patient care.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH), part of the NHS, revealed on Monday that it had suffered a cybersecurity incident that continues to cause problems, and has forced its hospitals to postpone appointments and scheduled procedures.

WUTH, which manages Arrowe Park Hospital, Clatterbridge Hospital, and Wirral Women and Children’s Hospital, proactively isolated its IT syst

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