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Maze 'retires' while Ryuk ramps up activity, U.S. election, and the UK ICO hands down a historically large fine

Published: Nov. 5, 2020, 2 p.m.

In this week’s Cyber Security Brief, Dick O’Brien and Brigid O’Gorman talk about some of the biggest cyber security stories of the last couple of weeks. Of course, this week’s U.S. Presidential Election gets a mention, while we also discuss the recently announced ‘retirement’ of the Maze ransomware gang, as well as a threat alert issued last week by authorities in the U.S. about Trickbot and the Ryuk ransomware. Elsewhere, a Russian man was jailed this week for his involvement with a financial botnet, and the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office handed down a US$23.8 million fine to the Marriott Hotels group.