Hari Ravichandran writes: … A report (download) from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that school districts lose between $50,000 and $1 million on average from cyberattacks, and recovery takes two to nine months on average. Schools are right up there with the energy, transportation and water sectors as well as hospitals as critical infrastructure…
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NJ Man Hired Online to Firebomb, Shoot at Homes Gets 13 Years in Prison
Brian Krebs reports: A 22-year-old New Jersey man has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for participating in a firebombing and a shooting at homes in Pennsylvania last year. Patrick McGovern-Allen was the subject of a Sept. 4, 2022 story here about the emergence of “violence-as-a-service” offerings, where random people from the Internet…
Spain arrests 34 cybercriminals who stole data of 4 million people
Bill Toulas reports: The Spanish National Police have dismantled a cybercriminal organization that carried out a variety of computer scams to steal and monetize the data of over four million people. Law enforcement in the country conducted 16 targeted searches in Madrid, Malaga, Huelva, Alicante, and Murcia and arrested 34 members of the crime group….
PA: Hopewell Area School District says network disruption was caused by ransomware attack
Kalea Gunderson reports: The Hopewell Area School District was the target of a “sophisticated ransomware attack.” How it happened remains under investigation, but the key concern in any cyberattack is data In a statement, Superintendent Dr. Jeff Beltz said the district has been working with outside specialists to investigate the cause of the attack and…
Update to U. of Michigan breach is bad news for many
There’s an update to the U. of Michigan breach in August, and it’s not good news. In an update published this afternoon, the university wrote, in part: What Happened. On August 23, 2023, the University detected suspicious activity on the University of Michigan campus computer network. We took quick and decisive action to contain the incident,…
Cyber Attack Causing Service Interruptions At Ontario Hospitals
Meagan DeLaurier reports: An update on service interruptions at local hospitals. On Monday, it was reported that Windsor Regional Hospital, Hotel Dieu Grace, Erie Shores Healthcare, Hospice of Windsor-Essex and the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance were experiencing service interruptions, such as email service being down. An update provided on Monday evening by the hospitals affected states…