Storm Watch | Cyber News | IPStorm Botnet Takedown, AlphV Snitching on Meridian Link, and Rackspace Ransomware

Summary: The Russian and Moldovan national behind the IPStorm botnet proxy service has pleaded guilty, and the episode covers AlphV's SEC complaint against MeridianLink for not disclosing a breach tied to Confluence. It also notes Rackspace's $11M ransomware recovery bill linked to an OWASSRF vulnerability, Toyota's breach confirmed after Medusa threatened to leak data via CitrixBleed, and Clorox's cyber chief leaving as recovery continues.
What you should know: Rackspace's $11M recovery bill for a single OWASSRF-linked ransomware incident is the kind of number that lands on a board agenda, and AlphV filing an SEC complaint against a victim for non-disclosure shows attackers now using regulators as leverage.

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Topics: Vulnerabilities & Patching
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