Helen Hernandez reports: The personal data of nearly 10,000 employees of the CHU de Québec were stolen during a burglary that occurred on the night of June 5 to 6. The criminals broke into the premises of the CHU de Québec Research Center and seized computer equipment containing employee files. 9,500 former and current workers…
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Tenafly Public Schools Canceled Finals After Ransomware Attack
Jackie Roman reported this on June 9: Tenafly Public Schools went back to the basics this week — using overhead projectors, paper, pencils and hands-on activities in classrooms — when a ransomware attack crippled the district’s computer system. Final exams were also canceled for all of the district’s high school students as the Bergen County…
SCOOP: Glenn County Office of Education paid $400k ransom after ransomware attack
On May 12, the Sacramento Valley Mirror (SVM) reported on a ransomware attack on the Glenn County Office of Education and school districts. According to GlennCOE, the attack began in the early morning of May 10, and as SVM reported: Put out of commission systemwide for GCOE, school districts, and schools were the Internet, the…
ALPHV threat actors claim to have attacked Plainedge Public Schools
ALPHV threat actors (also known as BlackCat) have added a Long Island school district to their leak site: Plainedge Public Schools. The ransomware group has not started leaking any databases, but warns the district that they will if they do not hear from them. The district consists of the Charles E. Schwarting Elementary School,…
Ransomware gang creates site for employees to search for their stolen data
Lawrence Abrams reports: The ALPHV ransomware gang, aka BlackCat, has brought extortion to a new level by creating a dedicated website that allows the customers and employees of their victim to check if their data was stolen in an attack Read more at BleepingComputer.
Montrose Environmental Group Says Ransomware Attack Took Place Over Weekend
Denny Jacob reports: Montrose Environmental Group Inc. said Tuesday that it determined it was the target of a ransomware attack over the weekend. The environmental services company said it believes the attack primarily affected computers and servers within its Enthalpy Analytical laboratory network based on currently available information. Montrose said fact patterns of the attack…