NFL Football

[Ulysses]

Ransomware gang says it has hacked 49ers football team

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have been hit by a ransomware attack, with cyber criminals claiming they stole some of the football team's financial data. The ransomware gang BlackByte recently posted some of the purportedly stolen team documents on a dark web site in a file marked "2020 Invoices." The gang did not make any of its ransom demands public or specify how much data it had stolen or encrypted.

The team, which is among the most valuable and storied franchises in the NFL and lost a close playoff game two week ago, said in a statement Sunday that it recently became aware of a “network security incident" that had disrupted some of its corporate IT network systems. The 49ers said they'd notified law enforcement and hired cybersecurity firms to assist.

“To date, we have no indication that this incident involves systems outside of our corporate network, such as those connected to Levi’s Stadium operations or ticket holders,” the team said in a statement, referencing its home stadium.

News of the attack comes two days after the FBI and U.S. Secret Service issued an alert on BlackByte ransomware, saying it had “compromised multiple US and foreign businesses, including entities in at least three US critical infrastructure sectors” since November....

Anybody here on BRD a member of the "BlackByte" criminal organization? Come on, fess up!

[Ulysses]

On a related (to NFL hacking) note,

Russia-linked cybercriminals raked in $400 million in cryptocurrency from ransomware attacks in 2021, Chainalysis says

Cybercriminals with links to Russia have set the pace for ransomware attacks, accounting for nearly three-quarters of revenue from such online extortion hacks last year, Chainalysis said in a report Monday.

More than $400 million worth of cryptocurrency, or about 74% of ransomware revenue in 2021, went to entities "highly likely to be affiliated with Russia in some way," the blockchain analysis firm said in a blog post as part of its 2022 Crypto Crime Report preview.

The firm said it generally tied specific ransomware strains to Russian cybercriminals using on one of three criteria, including the sharing of documents and announcements written in the Russian language. Connections to Evil Corp., a Russia-based cybercriminal organization, and attacks that avoided former Soviet countries also helped identify ransomware strains.

Following ransomware attacks, most of the extorted funds — roughly 13% — went to services primarily catering to Russian users, the company said, citing blockchain analysis alongside web-traffic data.

Anybody here speak Russian? The FBI might want to talk to you...

[GoCubsGo]

Someone sure does spend an inordinate amount of time researching and voicing opinions on a myriad of subjects he doesn't care about.

Someone (Sluggo) sure does spend an inordinate amount of time complaining about someone (me) who he (Sluggo) has already declared he's put on ignore.

Thought this made it clear I was looking at your posts, although it's easy to see how the subtlety went over your head.

I had to put Feckless on ignore, the stupid was over the top even by his standards.

I chose wisely.

Though I'm not sure why I bother, same old.

[Ulysses]

Well, which is it, Slug?

Either you have me on ignore as you announced, or you are reading my posts...

Or is there some way you are able to use your mod powers to read my posts and ignore them at the same time?

Sounds like an abuse of your mod powers.

[Vrede too]

(desperately projecting )

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Once again, moron, we were all rooting for the "49r's".

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Whooosh.

[Ulysses]

I hear a cat in heat wailing.

Oh, it's just Greedy rehearsing his strip tease act.

[Vrede too]

Cower, Useless, cower.

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You've been busted too many times for anyone to believe you're not reading my posts. It's just your excuse for cowering. Awww.

[Ulysses]

More caterwauling.

[Vrede too]

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More caterstretching.

[Vrede too]

Kinda beating a dead horse at this point, but interesting to me:

Bengals lost Super Bowl in way no team has in 42 years

Ouch:

Super Bowl bad beat: Game-clinching kneel down sinks Matthew Stafford prop bet

[GoCubsGo]

[Vrede too]

I was hoping that Shailene would wise up. Guess I've got a shot now.

Danica sure dodged a bullet.

[O Really]

RIP, Charley Taylor. And dammit, he was a Hall of Famer for the effin' Redskins.

"Charley Taylor, the Washington Commanders Hall of Famer who retired as the NFL's all-time leading receiver, died Saturday, the team announced. He was 80 years old."

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/washington ... 04359.html

Real life examples from "1984". Orwell would be proud.
https://blog.erratasec.com/2016/02/weve ... hGvdt_MK5c

[Vrede too]

RIP, Charley Taylor. And dammit, he was a Hall of Famer for the effin' (_______s).

"Charley Taylor, the Washington Commanders Hall of Famer who retired as the NFL's all-time leading receiver, died Saturday, the team announced. He was 80 years old."

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/washington ... 04359.html

Real life examples from "1984". Orwell would be proud.
https://blog.erratasec.com/2016/02/weve ... hGvdt_MK5c

We can't know for sure, but it's possible that socialist, antifascist Orwell would not have been bothered by the removal of racist team names.

RIP, one of the greats from my childhood. He always looked sharp in a Commanders uniform.

[O Really]

We can't know for sure, but it's possible that socialist, antifascist Orwell would not have been bothered by the removal of racist team names.

RIP, one of the greats from my childhood. He always looked sharp in a Commanders uniform.

The removal of this particular "racist team name" occurred in 2020. Taylor was already in the HOF Class of 1984. And who does the Hall think he played for? Not the "Commanders." https://www.profootballhof.com/players/charley-taylor/

[Vrede too]

The removal of this particular "racist team name" occurred in 2020. Taylor was already in the HOF Class of 1984. And who does the Hall think he played for? Not the "Commanders." https://www.profootballhof.com/players/charley-taylor/

It's not like the locals care. 2018:

After (_______s) slam their fans, fans turn backs on (_______s)

These are dark days in Washington. Once in first place in the NFC East, the (_______s) have bumbled and stumbled their way into third, and their free fall might not be done. And now, a franchise once renowned for its fan support is feeling the pinch of suckitude at the turnstiles....


Plenty of good seats available in the third quarter of Sunday’s (_______s)-Giants game.

... The problem with big talk, though, is that you’ve got to follow it with big action. And Washington absolutely did not do that on Sunday, allowing the Giants to get out to a 34-0 halftime lead — the worst beating the (_______s) have taken in a half since at least 1940.

So it was no surprise that Washington fans took that opportunity to beat traffic

And by late in the game, only Giants fans were in seats to see Washington’s 40-16 defeat.

Washington has a hell of a crisis on its hands. The team’s suffered from attendance problems since Day 1 this season, and there’s only one game left at home: a Dec. 30 divisional matchup against Philadelphia. By that point, the seats might be nothing but green.

Ouch.

[O Really]

Ouch, fershure. But no worries, the same owner, same management and mostly same staff will make it all better named "Commanders" because now they're all different and it was somebody else that raped the team over since 1999.

[GoCubsGo]

Hey!
A new reason to watch the Manningcast.

[O Really]

Ummm, that would be 20 years with Fox.

[GoCubsGo]

Ummm, that would be 20 years with Fox.

Feels like 30.