Bec Moody
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Bec Moody
@becmoody.bsky.social
Head of Research @Comparitech
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📢 Akira ransomware: stats on attacks, ransoms & data breaches

2025 key findings:

🔺 683 victims - double 2024's total (272)
🔺 182 attacks on manufacturers - triple 2024's total (52)
🔺 32 TB of data stolen
🇺🇸 The US accounts for the most attacks (455)

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By: @becmoody.bsky.social
Akira ransomware: stats on attacks, ransoms & data breaches - Comparitech
From January to November 2025, Akira claimed responsibility for 683 ransomware attacks, making it the second most dominant strain this year behind Qilin (864 attacks during the same period).
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December 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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🚨 Ransomware gang DragonForce has taken credit for an October cyber attack on the city of La Vergne, Tennessee 🇺🇸 It alleges to have stolen 382 GB of data.

The group has given the city a week to pay its ransom before the data is leaked.

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By: @pabischoff.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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📢 Our #ransomware roundup for November 2025 is live!

🔻 659 attacks in total (DOWN 5% from October)
🔻 Attacks on healthcare (DOWN 44%)
🔺 Attacks on manufacturers (UP 35%)
🔺 Attacks on education (UP 24%)
🔺 Top strain - Qilin (107 attacks)

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By: @becmoody.bsky.social
Ransomware roundup: November 2025 - Comparitech
Last month, the number of ransomware attacks remained high with 659 recorded in total. However, this was a slight dip (-5%) from October’s total of 693.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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🚨 #Ransomware gang Devman is demanding $400K for 500 GB of data from the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority 🇺🇸

GSCCCA's systems are currently down while it deals with a "credible and ongoing cybersecurity threat."

bit.ly/4pOP87F

By: @pabischoff.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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‼️Marquis Software Solutions 🇺🇸 which serves 700+ banks was hit by a #ransomware attack in Aug '25.

That's according to Community 1st Credit Union which is notifying 6.9K people of the data breach.

Marquis is said to have paid a ransom (hackers unknown).

bit.ly/4pc4mmE

By: @pabischoff.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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🚨 BREAKING!! Habib Bank AG Zurich 🇨🇭 has confirmed a cyber attack and data breach following claims from #ransomware gang Qilin.

Banking services are unaffected and data breach investigations are ongoing.

Qilin says it's stolen 2.56 TB of data.

bit.ly/4nLvfgh

By: @pabischoff.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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🔑 2025's top 10 most popular passwords are:

1️⃣ 123456
2️⃣ 12345678
3️⃣ 123456789
4️⃣ admin
5️⃣ 1234
6️⃣ Aa123456
7️⃣ 12345
8️⃣ password
9️⃣ 123
🔟 1234567890

Our latest study finds that most of us are still using easily guessed passwords.

Read in full here: bit.ly/4nEsux6

By: @pabischoff.bsky.social
'Minecraft', 'qwerty', and 'India@123' among 2025's most common passwords: report - Comparitech
Researchers aggregated more than 2 billion real account passwords from data breach forums in 2025 to amass a list of the most-used passwords.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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📢 Our education #ransomware roundup: Q1-Q3 2025 is live!

🔺 180 attacks - UP 6% from Q1-Q3 2024
🔺 227,214 records involved in data breaches
💰 Average ransom demand $444K
🔺 Top strain - Qilin (24 attacks)
📁 233 TB of data stolen

bit.ly/3LB7ObR

By: @becmoody.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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🚨 BREAKING! #Ransomware gang Akira takes credit for data breach at US defense contractor BK Technologies 🇺🇸 25 GB stolen.

BK Technologies confirmed its systems were impacted in an attack on September 20, 2025, with business and employee data breached.

bit.ly/4oclEjl

By: @pabischoff.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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🚨 Qilin has claimed the recent #ransomware attack on MedImpact Healthcare 🇺🇸 160 GB of data allegedly stolen.

On October 27, 2025, MedImpact notified customers that it had suffered an attack and said it was working to restore systems.

bit.ly/3WtpLLN

By: @pabischoff.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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📢 Our in-depth Qilin #ransomware report is live!

So far this year, Qilin has claimed:

🔺 700+ victims
🏥 45 healthcare providers
🏛️ 40 government entities
🏫 26 in the education sector
🏢 590 businesses (inc. 43 on manufacturers)

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By: @becmoody.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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📢 Our government #ransomware roundup: Q1-Q3 2025 is live!

🔺 276 attacks - UP 41% from Q1-Q3 2024
🔺 443,522 records involved in data breaches
💰 Average ransom demand $1.95M
🔺 Top strain - Qilin (31 attacks)

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By: @becmoody.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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🚨 Obscura has claimed the recent #ransomware attack on Michigan City, Indiana 🇺🇸 and alleges to have stolen 450 GB of data.

The city continues to restore its systems following the attack in September and has yet to confirm a data breach.

bit.ly/4q9KLEZ

By: @pabischoff.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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‼️SimonMed Imaging 🇺🇸 has confirmed 1.3M have been impacted in its January 2025 data breach, making it the year's second-largest attack on a healthcare provider.

#Ransomware gang Medusa claimed the attack with a $1M ransom for 213 GB of data.

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October 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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🚨 Qilin has claimed the recent #ransomware attack on Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District 🇺🇸 Employee & student data allegedly stolen.

UCISD had previously said there was no evidence of a data breach following the attack in September.

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By: @pabischoff.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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‼️ Coös County Family Health Services 🇺🇸 is notifying 40.2K people of a data breach following a cyber attack in July 2025. SSNs & medical info affected.

#Ransomware group Run Some Wares claimed the attack on the healthcare provider in August.

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By: @becmoody.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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📢 Healthcare #Ransomware Roundup: Q1-Q3 2025 stats on attacks, ransoms & data breaches

Our latest report finds that attacks on healthcare providers are similar to 2024’s figures, but attacks on healthcare businesses rose by 30 percent.

Read in full here: bit.ly/4odchQd

By: @becmoody.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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‼️The Institute of Culinary Education 🇺🇸 is notifying 33,342 people of a data breach following a cyber attack in April 2025. SSNs among data affected.

#Ransomware gang Payouts King claimed the attack on the school, allegedly stealing 1.5 TB of data.

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By: @pabischoff.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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📢 178 countries ranked by smart device security requirements & number of vulnerable devices

🔺 Only 34 countries have adequate legislation
🇪🇺 EU countries scored 10/10

# of vulnerable devices:
📺 91.8K smart TVs
🎦 17.5K cameras
🖨️ 10.5K printers

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October 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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🚨 Mecklenburg County Public Schools 🇺🇸 has confirmed it was targeted in a #ransomware attack via Qilin but hasn't paid a ransom yet. Whether it will depends on what was encrypted and/or stolen.

Qilin alleges to have stolen 305 GB of data.

Read more: bit.ly/3ITMSvJ

By: @pabischoff.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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📢 Our #ransomware roundup: Q3 2025 is live!

🔺 1,517 attacks - UP 6% from Q2 2025
🔻 Attacks down on governments (-31%)
🔻 Attacks down on healthcare (-14%)
🔺 Manufacturing is the most-impacted sector (UP 13%)
🔺 Top strain - Qilin (233 attacks)

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By: @becmoody.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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‼️Auto dealership software company Motility Software Solutions 🇺🇸 is notifying 767K people of an August 2025 data breach which was claimed by #ransomware gang PEAR.

PEAR alleged to have stolen 4.3 TB from Reynolds & Reynolds, the parent company of MSS.

bit.ly/4gQaTR3

By: @pabischoff.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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🚨 BREAKING: #Ransomware gang Qilin has claimed the recent cyber attack on the Town of Waxhaw, NC 🇺🇸 619 GB stolen.

The government dept was targeted on September 12 with systems disrupted but no impact on emergency services. Investigations ongoing.

bit.ly/3VCQ7ur

By: @becmoody.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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‼️ Madison Elementary School District 38 🇺🇸 has started notifying 35K people of a data breach following a #ransomware attack via Interlock in April 2025. It was carried out via a social engineering attack.

Interlock alleged to have stolen 75 GB.

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By: @becmoody.bsky.social
Arizona school district notifies 35,000 of data breach following ransomware attack - Comparitech
Madison Elementary School District 38 has started notifying 35,000 people of a data breach following a ransomware attack via Interlock in April 2025. Interlock alleged to have stolen 75 GB.
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September 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM