The Cyber Express Weekly Roundup: Ransomware, and Supply Chain Breaches Surge

This weekly roundup highlights a surge in coordinated cyber threats: Hasbro suffered a network intrusion causing operational delays, AI startup Mercor was breached via a malicious package update in LiteLLM affecting thousands, and the Lazarus Group was linked to a malicious dependency compromise in the Axios JavaScript library. Additional incidents include a hack-and-leak of an FBI director’s personal email attributed to an Iran-linked group, a CareCloud electronic health record breach, and a U.S. cybercrime prosecution tied to the “764” network; the report underscores growing supply-chain risks, ransomware activity, and the need for strengthened access controls and incident response.