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Experts say that the way you handle things after the criminals break in can make things better or much, much worse Feature Experiencing a ransomware infection or other security breach ranks among the worst days of anyone's life — but it can still get worse.…

It’s not just another data breach when the victim oversees witness protection programs The US Marshals Service, the enforcement branch of the nation’s federal courts, has admitted to a “major” breach of its information security defenses allowed a ransomware infection and exfiltration of “law-enforcement sensitive information”.…

All that data coming soon to a darkweb crime forum near you? Several California medical groups have sent security breach notification letters to more than three million patients alerting them that crooks may have stolen a ton of their sensitive health and personal information during a ransomware infection in December.…

Many organizations are already struggling to combat cybersecurity threats from ransomware purveyors and state-sponsored hacking groups, both of which tend to take days or weeks to pivot from an opportunistic malware infection to a full blown data breach. But few organizations have a playbook for responding to the kinds of virtual "smash and grab" attacks we've seen recently from LAPSUS$, a juvenile data extortion group whose short-lived, low-tech and remarkably effective tactics are putting some of the world's biggest corporations on edge.