{"id":1298640,"date":"2023-11-17T18:09:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T18:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businesstelegraph.co.uk\/ransomware-group-reports-victim-it-breached-to-sec-regulators-slashdot\/"},"modified":"2023-11-17T18:09:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T18:09:06","slug":"ransomware-group-reports-victim-it-breached-to-sec-regulators-slashdot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businesstelegraph.co.uk\/ransomware-group-reports-victim-it-breached-to-sec-regulators-slashdot\/","title":{"rendered":"Ransomware Group Reports Victim It Breached To SEC Regulators &#8211; Slashdot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- newscabal uk text -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8162386273903324\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3688094655\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"fhbody-172257019\">\n<div id=\"text-172257019\" class=\"p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tOne of the world&#8217;s most active ransomware groups has taken an unusual &#8212; if not unprecedented &#8212; tactic to pressure one of its victims to pay up: <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2023\/11\/ransomware-group-reports-victim-it-breached-to-sec-regulators\/\">reporting the victim to the US Securities and Exchange Commission<\/a>. From a report:<i> The pressure tactic came to light in a post published on Wednesday on the dark web site run by AlphV, a ransomware crime syndicate that&#8217;s been in operation for two years. After first claiming to have breached the network of the publicly traded digital lending company MeridianLink, AlphV officials posted a screenshot of a complaint it said it filed with the SEC through the agency&#8217;s website. Under a recently adopted rule that goes into effect next month, publicly traded companies must file an SEC disclosure within four days of learning of a security incident that had a &#8220;material&#8221; impact on their business.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to bring to your attention a concerning issue regarding MeridianLink&#8217;s compliance with the recently adopted cybersecurity incident disclosure rules,&#8221; AlphV officials wrote in the complaint. &#8220;It has come to our attention that MeridianLink, in light of a significant breach compromising customer data and operational information, has failed to file the requisite disclosure under item 1.05 of form 8-K within the stipulated four business days, as mandated by the new SEC rules.&#8221; The violation category selected in the online report was &#8220;Material misstatement or omission in a company&#8217;s filings or financial statements or a failure to file.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8162386273903324\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7859258044\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/it.slashdot.org\/story\/23\/11\/17\/126235\/ransomware-group-reports-victim-it-breached-to-sec-regulators\">READ SOURCE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the world&#8217;s most active ransomware groups has taken an unusual &#8212; if not unprecedented &#8212; tactic to pressure one of its victims to pay up: reporting the victim to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. 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