Last Week in Ransomware: 07.29.2024

**Executive summary:** This Halcyon.ai roundup details several significant ransomware and cyber incidents: the arrest of a UK teen accused in the MGM Resorts 2023 ransomware attack, a ransomware-induced shutdown of the Los Angeles Superior Court, the filing of a major lawsuit by healthcare providers against Change Healthcare/Optum/UHG after a disruptive ransomware outage that exposed patient data and caused large financial losses, the SEC's dismissal of most claims against SolarWinds related to the Sunburst incident, and reporting on North Korea-linked APT45 expanding into financially motivated ransomware operations; the piece emphasizes operational impacts, geopolitical implications, and the blurring lines between nation-state and criminal ransomware activity.