Fintech-friendly Evolve Bank disclosed a data breach, saying it may have impacted customers and partners.

A cyber attacker compromised Indonesia's national data centre, disrupting immigration checks at airports, and asked for an $8 million ransom, the country's communications minister told Reuters on Monday.
The attack disrupted several government services, most notably at airports last week, with long lines forming at immigration desks. Automated passport machines were now functioning, the communications ministry said.

The loss of availability Ransomware causes is enough to make your day/week/s bad, the loss of data, bad month/quarter or longer.

Lockbit posted “Royal Mail need new negotiator.” Followed by “ALL AVAILABLE DATA PUBLISHED !”

What we actually found is that they published the chat history:

Reverse-engineering reveals close similarities to BlackMatter ransomware, with some improvements

At this stage, on November 11, 2022, at 3pm (CET time) Thales is able to confirm the following information:

While many ransomware groups come and go, LockBit seems to be the one that persists. First discovered in September 2019 using the name ABCD, and then gaining notoriety as LockBit in April 2020, the group has outlasted many of their competitors