"California Hit By Cyberattack, LockBit Claims Responsibility"

California's Cybersecurity Integration Center (Cal-CSIC) recently confirmed that California's finance department had recently been hit by a cyberattack.  Upon identification of the threat, digital security and online threat-hunting experts were rapidly deployed to assess the extent of the intrusion and to evaluate, contain and mitigate future vulnerabilities.  The Cal-CSIC noted that while they cannot comment on specifics of the ongoing investigation, they confirmed that no state funds had been compromised.  The Russia-affiliate ransomware group Lockbit is claiming responsibility for the attacks.  LockBit said they have stolen 76GB of data, including IT and financial documents, confidential data, and "sexual proceedings in court." They added that the Department of Finance has until December 24 to pay up, or else the group will publish a cache of stolen files.  The California Budget website remains offline.  The security incident comes weeks after a report from Trellix confirmed LockBit ransomware remained the most widespread in the third quarter of 2022.

Infosecurity reports: "California Hit By Cyberattack, LockBit Claims Responsibility"