Crime group claims to have already doled out $1K to those in it ‘for money and for the love of the game’ Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters has launched an unusual crowdsourced extortion scheme, offering $10 in Bitcoin to anyone willing to help pressure their alleged victims into paying ransoms.… READ MORE HERE…

Ransomware crooks utterly fail to find moral compass First they targeted a preschool network, now new kids on the ransomware block Radiant Group say they’ve hit a hospital in the US, continuing their deplorable early cybercrime careers.… READ MORE HERE…

Even spy-tech biz Palantir says ‘steady on’ as 2.76M Brits demand it be ditched The British government has finally given more details about the proposed digital ID project, directly responding to the 2.76 million naysayers that signed an online petition calling for it to be ditched.… READ MORE HERE…

Open source giant admits intruders broke into dedicated consulting instance, but insists core products untouched What started as cyber crew bragging has now been confirmed by Red Hat: someone gained access to its consulting GitLab system and walked away with data.… READ MORE HERE…