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SafePay Ransomware Hit 600+ Organizations — and Hid Behind the VPN You Trust

Original illustration: a dark server room where shadowy hooded figures dissolve into streams of encrypted data flowing through a glowing VPN tunnel, red warning lights on backup servers behind, teal-and-amber cinematic grade

In brief A joint advisory (AA26-293A), published October 20, 2026, by CISA, the FBI, the US Secret Service, Germany’s Landeskriminalamt Rheinland-Pfalz, and two UK agencies, names SafePay one of the most active ransomware operations of 2026. SafePay has affected at least 600 organizations across multiple critical infrastructure sectors since August 2024, with victims in North … Read more