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Minister of Health Ana ‘Akau’ola told parliament on Thursday that an unnamed ransomware gang attacked the National Health Information System, demanding millions in ransom to restore it.

A Krispy Kreme spokesperson said the “vast majority of those affected are Krispy Kreme employees, members of their families, and former employees.”

The digital certification system used by Russia's producers and suppliers of meat, dairy, eggs and other animal products was taken offline after a cyberattack.

Insurance industry giant Aflac said it disrupted a cyberattack within hours of discovering it and is now working to determine how much data was potentially breached in the incident.

A civil forfeiture complaint was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia this week, where investigators from the FBI and U.S. Secret Service said they used blockchain analysis to trace the funds back to fraud schemes perpetrated by actors in the Philippines.

A 33-year-old man arrested in Ukraine will face charges in the U.S. of working for the Ryuk cybercrime operation, known for high-profile targets and large ransom demands.

Argentina's government told local media that authorities had detected an operation led by Russians that was spreading propaganda and disinformation.

Finland's prosecution authority could bring charges soon against three Georgian nationals who were the most senior officers aboard a Russia-linked ship that dragged its anchor through Baltic Sea cables last year.

A North Korean hacking group is infecting job seekers in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space with malware, Cisco Talos researchers said.

Google's Threat Intelligence Group and the Citizen Lab each issued reports on a highly customized attack against email accounts of Keir Giles, a Russia expert based in the U.K.

California-based Episource disclosed in filings with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that more than 5.4 million people had their information taken in a breach discovered in February.

Iranian officials said they have restricted internet traffic in targeted ways to "maintain network stability."

Details about the investigation of a man suspected in the murder of a Minnesota state legislator have drawn attention to the information that data brokers keep and sell about people.

The AnonsecKh group, which goes by Bl4ckCyb3r on Telegram, claimed at least 73 attacks on Thai organizations in the two weeks following a May 28 incident in which a Cambodian soldier was killed in a skirmish with Thai forces.

Security analysts at Google’s Threat Intelligence Group published a warning this week to insurance companies, writing that it is “now aware of multiple intrusions in the US which bear all the hallmarks of Scattered Spider activity.”

Malware detected previously in Italy has popped up in Russia, researchers said. Attackers use it to access devices' near field communications (NFC) and steal payment card data.

The United Kingdom’s top data privacy regulator on Tuesday fined the embattled personal genomics company 23andMe more than $3 million over allegedly poor cybersecurity practices.

The U.S. State Department said it is looking for information on hackers linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

TTAM Research Institute, led by former 23andMe chief executive Anne Wojcicki, is waiting for a judge to approve its acquisition of the company.

The Bengaluru-based company told investors that it initially became aware of the breach on June 9.