Last Week in Ransomware: 02.05.2024

The report is a ransomware news roundup highlighting active, high-impact incidents and systemic risks: Medusa ransomware disrupted Kansas City public transit and demanded $2M (with coercive daily extension fees), Johnson Controls confirmed 27 TB of sensitive data exfiltrated causing $27M in recovery losses, and a ransomware operator claims theft of sensitive U.S. military data under DoD review; the briefing warns of ransomware actors operating as nation-state proxies and the resulting national security, operational, and cyber insurance consequences.