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CISA, FBI, Secret Service & Partners Expose SafePay Ransomware Tactics

Published

23 October 2026

Topic

regulatory

◆ Sectors

Security: Cybersecurity

◆ Geography

United States

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Fusion42 · 23 October 2026 · Fusion42 review

CISA, FBI, and the U.S. Secret Service issued a joint advisory detailing SafePay ransomware tactics after the group impacted about 600 victims in critical infrastructure sectors across the Americas, Europe, and Australia. The advisory recommends urgent patching, multifactor authentication, offline backups, and network segmentation to defend against attacks.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Security: Cybersecurity, and 9 sources have reported it between 20 Oct 2026 and 23 Oct 2026.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

You must patch known vulnerabilities and enforce multifactor authentication immediately or risk ransomware attacks disrupting your operations and data security.

◆ Coverage

9 sources · first reported 20 Oct 2026 · latest 23 Oct 2026

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Security: Cybersecurityransomwarecybersecuritycritical-infrastructurecisa-advisorymultifactor-authentication