Last Week in Ransomware: 09.23.2024

This report summarizes recent ransomware incidents and extortion activity affecting major targets — including Hunters International claiming 6.6 TB / 5.2M files from ICBC, Rhysida’s multi-week outage at the Port of Seattle, and the Qilin gang leaking data affecting ~1M NHS patients — and highlights the rising threat from RaaS, impacts to critical infrastructure and healthcare, and the limits of paying ransoms.