UK National Cyber Security Centre CEO Richard Horne urged governments, industry, and allies to mount a sustained, collective "full court press" against increasingly prevalent and complex cybersecurity threats, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Armenian Hambardzum Minasyan has been extradited to the U.S. to face charges related to his alleged involvement in the RedLine information-stealing operation, according to CyberScoop.
Security Affairs reports that the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Russian national Ilya Angelov has been sentenced to two years in prison, fined $100,000, and ordered to pay $1.6 million in money judgment over his co-management of the TA551 cybercrime operation, also known as Mario Kart, which launched a botnet used in ransomware attacks against U.S. organizations.
Cybersecurity risks faced by the U.S. were noted by Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Acting Director Nick Andersen to increase each day the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security continues, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Officials at the Dutch Ministry of Finance disclosed that the ministry's primary internal systems have been taken offline as an investigation continues to determine the scope of the breach on its network, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Security Affairs reports that U.S.-based healthcare management services firm QualDerm Partners was noted by the Department of Health and Human Services to have had data from more than 3.1 million individuals stolen following a December data breach.
