The U.S. is setting up a Joint Ransomware Task Force, headed by the CISA and the FBI, as well as two international initiatives, chaired by the Department of Justice, to tackle illegal cryptocurrency activities related to ransomware.

In its most recent assault against a healthcare entity, ransomware-as-a-service operator AvosLocker claims to be behind an attack allegedly involving data theft from Texas-based CHRISTUS Health.

The Russia's Ministry of Digital Development reportedly says that previous distributed denial-of-service attack strength reached 500GB "during peak moments" but now they have climbed to 1TB.

U.K. local authorities are to receive more than $50 million from the government to boost cyber resilience in essential public services and data in sectors such as housing benefits,

Ransomware threats continue to be many criminals' weapon of choice for reliably shaking down victims small, medium, and large, in pursuit of a safe, easy and reliable payday.

The directive aims to protect citizen privacy and personal data, prevent monetary fraud risks, and ensure better resilience of communication networks, according to the executive branch of the EU.

The CISA Director said that the agency has begun an effort to identify what she calls "primary systemically important entities," or "Pisces," to protect their systems from global cyberthreats.

Legacy systems’ lack of vendor support makes them particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks, says the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights in a bulletin issued Friday.

One of the major deliverables of the new strategy is to identify and appoint regulatory authorities for different entities, such as CERT-In, Cyber Crime Coordination Center, DCA, and NCIIPC.

The affected individuals are all members of VillageHealth, a care coordination program for patients with chronic conditions run by DaVita Inc. and offered via health plans including Anthem and Humana.