ALPHV/BlackCat boosts extortion efforts with SEC complaint

BleepingComputer reports that U.S. financial software firm MeridianLink has been snitched on by the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware operation in a complaint filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, alleging the company's failure to disclose a purported cyberattack within the SEC's four-day breach notification limit.

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