Survey of 1,203 cybersecurity professionals: 33%+ said their organization lost more money from holiday or weekend ransomware attacks, up from 13% in 2021 (Meridith Levinson/Cybersecurity Software)

Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with the CEO of Clearwater Compliance, a health care-focused cybersecurity firm, on HIPAA, ransomware attacks, medical IoT device vulnerabilities, and more  —  Ransomware attacks still plague our healthcare system.  Steve Cagle’s cybersecurity company is trying to prevent them.

Bloomberg:
Amazon plans to hire 150,000 seasonal workers, the same as in 2021, ahead of the holidays; Walmart plans to hire 40,000, down from 150,000 in 2021  —  Amazon.com Inc. plans to hire 150,000 seasonal workers, about the same as last year despite slowing sales and predictions of a lackluster holiday shopping season.

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Europol says it has arrested Russian national in Canada linked to LockBit ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure organizations and high-profile companies  —  Europol has announced today the arrest of a Russian national linked to LockBit ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure organizations …

Chelsey Cox / CNBC:
FinCEN: US financial institutions processed ~$1.2B in likely ransomware payments in 2021, up ~3x YoY; ~75% of ransomware incidents in H2 2021 were Russia-linked  —  – U.S. banks and financial institutions processed more than $1 billion in potential ransomware-related payments in 2021.

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
The FBI says the Hive ransomware gang has extorted ~$100M from 1,300+ organizations, including government facilities and public health entities, since June 2021  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said today that the notorious Hive ransomware gang has successfully extorted roughly $100 million …