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The Week in Ransomware - April 19th 2024 - Attacks Ramp Up

ID: 8c8eeef0-9cf2-5ba5-acca-16b71f3bfab6

STIX ID: report--8c8eeef0-9cf2-5ba5-acca-16b71f3bfab6

Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Threat Score
78/100

Date Published: 2024-04-19

Date Updated: 2026-04-20

Author: Lawrence Abrams

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Weekly ransomware and extortion roundup (Apr 15–19, 2024) detailing multiple incidents and trends: Change Healthcare/UnitedHealth sustained an $872M impact after data extortion via RansomHub/BlackCat affiliate activity; Omni Hotels, Nexperia, UNDP, Octapharma, and ASMFC also reported breaches or ransomware claims; the DOJ charged a botnet operator, Akira reportedly collected ~$42M from 250+ victims, HelloKitty rebranded to HelloGookie, and researchers observed several new ransomware variants and file-extension IoCs (.FBIRAS, .LethalLock, .Senator, .DumbStackz, .repair, .virus3).

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