What’s the point of press releases from threat actors?

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter.

As a former reporter, I’ve seen my fair share of press releases. But one from a threat actor was definitely a new one for me last week.

ALPHV (aka BlackCat) publicly took credit for a massive cyber attack against MGM, a resort, gambling and sports betting company best known for its massive casinos. The attack took down slot machines, guest reservation systems, and more belonging to MGM, and the …

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