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Did Marlboro-Chesterfield Pathology Pay Cybercrime Gang Safepay a Ransom?
A North Carolina pathology practice is notifying nearly 236,000 patients of a hacking incident discovered in January. Marlboro-Chesterfield Pathology says it "took steps" to ensure the hackers deleted its stolen data. Newcomer ransomware group Safepay is apparently the culprit in the attack.

Buyout Targets Deeper US Penetration, Digital Risk Intel, Ransomware Defense
Cognyte’s $4 million buy of GroupSense boosts its North America strategy, enhancing its investigative analytics platform with deep and darkweb threat insights and access to U.S. government and enterprise customers. The deal will enhance Cognyte’s analytics platform and threat protection offerings.

Labour Government Blames Tories
British law firms representing low-income criminal defendants and civil litigants are having to work for free for weeks or decline new cases as the fallout of a cyberattack against the U.K. Legal Aid Agency forced the agency to yank its online portal offline.

Global Collaboration Leads to Drug, Firearm Bust
U.S. and European officials Thursday touted a global operation to disrupt the criminal darkweb, announcing the arrest of 270 accused darkweb vendors and buyers across 10 countries. "Operation RapTor" resulted in the confiscation of more than $200 million and more than two metric tons of drugs.

Also: Privacy on the Line in 23andMe Sale; Google Leads Cyber Aid Charge
In this week's update, ISMG editors unpacked CrowdStrike's escalating legal troubles following its global outage, the fate of consumer DNA data as 23andMe's assets hit the auction block, and why tech giants are banding together to pressure Washington for faster, smarter foreign cyber aid.

Identity Experts Adam Preis and Troy Leach
As enterprises deploy AI-powered systems, legacy identity frameworks struggle to keep up, leaving gaps in visibility, control and accountability. Adam Preis and Troy Leach joined editors at ISMG to discuss how AI agents and machine identities are redefining identity security.

Gigamon 2025 Survey: 17% Increase in Attacks as Public Cloud Vulnerabilities Mount
AI is transforming enterprise landscape, organizations report a 17% jump in cyber breaches over the past year. Security teams struggle with visibility gaps while adversaries weaponize AI to strike harder and faster, according to the Gigamon 2025 Hybrid Cloud Security Survey.

Deal Aims to Target Identity and AI Risks, SaaS Blind Spots With Unified Security
By acquiring Suridata, Fortinet plans to introduce SaaS Security Posture Management to its SASE platform. The update provides end-to-end visibility into SaaS apps, identity threats and AI plugin misuse, making SSPM a vital control plane in cloud-first security strategies.

Also: Signal Blocks Recall, Europe Sanctions Stark Industries
This week, Qakbot leader indicted, Signal blocked Recall and a judge said Trump illegally removed watchdogs. Ivanti and Palo Alto hacks linked, Stark Industries sanctioned, Marks and Spencer's hack costs 300M pounds. Pro-Ukraine hackers hit a Russian clinic and an outbreak of PureRAT in Russia.

Hacker Demanded $20M Ransom to Delete Stolen Personal, Financial Information
A months-long data breach led to the theft of personal and financial information of nearly 70,000 Coinbase customers. Coinbase said the breach dates back to December and was aided by bribery schemes targeting the company's overseas customer support agents.

DanaBot Used to Steal and to Spy
A top figure in the Russian cybercrime gang behind DanaBot infected his own computer with the malware, allowing an FBI agent to search an image of his system, U.S. federal prosecutors disclosed Thursday in indictments and an announced disruption of the malware's infrastructure.

Also: Charges in Unicoin Case, Jury Convicts SafeMoon Ex-CEO
This week, charges in $263 million theft and Unicoin cases, a jury convicted ex-CEO of SafeMoon, U.S. SEC X account hacker sentenced, Hong Kong police arrested dozens for money laundering, Russian police arrested the Blum co-founder. Israeli police arrested an alleged Nomad Bridge money launderer.

Cyber Education Needs to Go Beyond the Checklist to Prepare Future Professionals
AI is redefining how organizations work, learn and defend themselves. But while the tech is moving fast, training strategies meant to prepare security professionals often lag far behind. That gap is persistent, pervasive and reshaping the very nature of cybersecurity careers.

'Hazy Hawk' Behind a Rash of Domain Hijackings
A hacking group with apparent access to a commercial domain name system archiving service is on the hunt for misconfigured records of high-reputation organizations in order to blast links to scammy domains. It checks the CNAME field of DNS records to see if it points to an abandoned cloud service.

Auto Lending Sector Is Hardest Hit by Scammers Using Synthetic Identities
Synthetic identity and credit washing fraud have hit another record high and are showing no signs of slowing down, according to a new report by TransUnion. Unscrupulous credit repair companies are adding to the problem by convincing people in debt to create new identities.

Experts Pointing a Finger at Interlock Ransomware Gang for Kettering Health Attack
Ohio-based Kettering Health is in its second day responding to a cyberattack that's disrupted patient care services and downed its IT systems, including its patient portal and phones. Some cybersecurity insiders say Interlock ransomware is responsible.

Western Governments Publish Warning Over Unit 26165 Activities
A slew of Western cybersecurity agencies warned Wednesday that Russian intelligence is targeting logistics and technology companies in a prolonged hacking campaign that includes an emphasis on internet-connected cameras situated along border crossings and military installations.