White House deputy national security adviser, Anne Neuberger, has announced that an alliance of 40 nations plans to tackle the rise of ransomware attacks by refusing to pay ransoms and eliminating hackers’ funding mechanisms. With 46% of such attacks targeting the US, the collective will share information about ransom payment accounts to blacklist them and utilise AI to identify illicit funds.
Synnovis cyber attack caused two cases of severe patient harm
Two patients suffered severe health damage due to a cyber attack on NHS pathology provider Synnovis that disrupted NHS services in 2024. Initially, the NHS