DHS’ Cyber Safety Review Board to examine global ransomware group in second review

A ransomware group that has targeted highly sophisticated companies across the globe will be the focus of the Cyber Safety Review Board in its second examination, the Department of Homeland Security has announced.

The board “will review the recent attacks associated with Lapsus$, a global extortion-focused hacker group,” DHS said today. “Lapsus$ has reportedly employed techniques to bypass a range of commonly-used security controls and has successfully infiltrated a number of companies across industries and geographic areas.”

DHS said, “The...