Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

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This week saw a lot of ransomware news, ranging from new extortion tactics, to a ransomware gang giving away a free decryptor after attacking a children's hospital. [...]

Blame it on the affiliate Notorious ransomware gang LockBit "formally apologized" for an extortion attack against Canada's largest children's hospital that the criminals blamed on a now-blocked affiliate group, and said it published a free decryptor for the victim to recover the files.…

The Russian-speaking cybercrime gang said an affiliate violated its rules against attacks that could lead to bodily harm for medical patients.

Group apologizes to Toronto-based SickKids

The LockBit ransomware gang has released a free decryptor for the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), saying one of its members violated rules by attacking the healthcare organization. [...]