Ransomware Roundup: 05.20.22

The report summarizes recent ransomware activity and actor developments: Conti allegedly suspended operations and sought to rebrand while collaborating with or seeding members into other ransomware gangs (BlackCat, AvosLocker, HIVE, HelloKitty/FiveHands); Conti’s actions included high-profile operations such as the Costa Rica attack. It also covers a DOJ action charging a Venezuelan doctor for creating and selling ransomware used by other threat actors, and a Hive ransomware incident at the Bank of Zambia whose systems were later recovered without payment.