Ransomware & Extortion

Your password manager just had encrypted vaults stolen. That’s not a near-miss. Dashlane disclosed this week that attackers successfully downloaded encrypted password vaults belonging to fewer than 20 users via a brute-force attack. Dashlane notes the vaults remain encrypted and there’s no evidence of successful decryption. Most organizations reading this will breathe a sigh of…

A ransomware group grew from 35 victims to 182 in a single quarter. They did it by offering affiliates 90% of every ransom paid. That’s not a cyber story. That’s a business model. The Gentlemen launched in August 2025. By Q1 2026 they were the second most active ransomware group globally, claiming 300+ victims publicly…