Riley Chloe reports that Gary, Indiana is trying to recover from a ransomware attack. All of its servers are now being restored and rebuilt. The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security were both alerted and a city spokesperson says they’re still investigating if anyone’s personal information was stolen. “If we discover that any information…
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De: Hackers attack Energy Hamburg Radio
The announcement from Energy Hamburg radio was as follows: On Tuesday evening (May 11, 2021), hackers attacked ENERGY Hamburg and brought important IT areas to a standstill. Since then, our national ENERGY program can be heard on the Hamburg FM frequency of 97.1 MHz, the local DAB+ multiplex and the webcast. It is not yet…
De: Hackers attack Ehrmann, demand millions in ransom
Ehrmann SE is a dairy headquartered in Germany. It has production facilitites in Russia and Brazil, as well as sales offices in Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, Poland, Finland and China. The multinational firm has reportedly been hit by hackers. All we really know so far, as reported yesterday by Jens Noll and Sabrina Karrer,…
No: Volue ASA hit by Ryuk ransomware
Volue is Norwegian software company. On May 5, they reportedly became a victim of a ransomware attack. In a statement on their site, they explained: Volue ASA was today subject to a cyber-attack impacting operation in some of the company’s business areas. Mitigating actions were immediately implemented. Currently, there seems to be limited impact on…
Tulsa, Oklahoma and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute disclose ransomware incidents
No sector has been spared from ransomware incidents. In this report, we have one from the education sector and one from the government sector. Neither report specifies what type of ransomware or who the threat actors are. And neither one reports how much ransom has been demanded or whether the victim is refusing to pay….
Es: IT services of the Oviedo City Council knocked out
Gonzalo Diaz-Rubin reports that all of the IT services of the Oviedo City Council have been crippled. Machine translation: A malicious program blocked access to servers and data and the municipal contractor has been forced to pull the rest of the support to stop the invasion. It is, according to municipal sources, a ransomware cyber-attack, of…