Ransomware Is Getting Ugly

Modern ransomware has two dimensions: pay to get your data back, and pay not to have your data dumped on the Internet. The DC police are the victims of this ransomware, and the criminals have just posted personnel records -- "including the results of psychological assessments and polygraph tests;...

Babuk ransomware gang leaks DC police data as negotiations fail

By Deeba Ahmed The latest leak by the Babuk ransomware gang contains 26GB worth of records. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Babuk ransomware gang leaks DC police data as negotiations fail...

A Ransomware Group Hit DC Police—Then Pivoted to Extortion

Warrantless searches, tracking troops, and more of the week’s top security news...

Hackers Threaten to Leak D.C. Police Informants' Info If Ransom Is Not Paid

The Metropolitan Police Department MPD of the District of Columbia has become the latest high-profile government agency to fall victim to a ransomware attack. The Babuk Locker gang claimed in a post on the dark web that they had compromised the DC Police's networks and stolen 250 GB of unencrypte...