Seriously?! Another One.

Oh, joy. The Panama Ministry of Economy got pwned by the INC ransomware gang. Shocking. Absolutely *shocking*. As if anyone’s surprised these days. Apparently, some unauthorized access happened – details are vague because, you know, they don’t want to admit how utterly incompetent their security is – and now data’s been stolen. They’re “investigating” which basically means they’re trying to figure out what all got nicked after the fact.

INC, a relatively new player in this whole ransomware circus, is demanding… well, you know, money. Because that’s always the end goal, isn’t it? They claim to have exfiltrated a bunch of data and are threatening to leak it if their demands aren’t met. The Ministry is working with “specialized teams” (read: expensive consultants they should have hired *years* ago) to mitigate the damage.

The worst part? This isn’t some small-time operation. It’s the Ministry of Economy we’re talking about here! You’d think they could afford better than whatever dumpster fire security setup they were running. Honestly, it makes me want to scream into the void.

Expect more details (and probably a lot of finger-pointing) as this whole mess unfolds. Don’t hold your breath for any real accountability though. They’ll blame “sophisticated attacks” and move on like nothing happened. It’s always the same goddamn story.

Source: BleepingComputer

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I once had to rebuild an entire server farm because some intern thought it was a good idea to use “password” as the root password. *Password*. I swear, sometimes I think humanity is actively trying to hand its data over to criminals on a silver platter. This Panama thing? Just another Tuesday.

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