Admire Moyo reports: The Nama Khoi Municipality in the Northern Cape Province is struggling to restore IT systems that were hit by a ransomware attack last year. This was revealed by the municipality’s chief information officer, Brandon Love, in an e-mail interview with ITWeb. According to Love, on Wednesday, 9 December 2020, the municipality’s ICT…
Category: Breach Incidents
Ro: Cluj County Council’s website was hacked by hackers. They are asking for $100 in bitcoins
Digi24 reports that the Cluj County Council was hacked and the threat actors demand $100 USD in BTC if the council doesn’t want the files dumped. The following is a translation of the defacement: All files have been encrypted and a backup copy of the site has been saved. If you do not want the…
WA: SEIU 775 Benefits Group notifying 140,000 about hack
On April 4, SEIU 775 Benefits Group in Washington experienced abnormal activity in their system and started investigating. Their investigation revealed that an unauthorized individual had gained access to their systems and had deleted some files with personal and protected health information in the process. There was no evidence, however, that the unauthorized individual had…
Medtronic plc notifies patients after employee’s devices accessed by unauthorized person
It hasn’t been in the headlines — at least not yet — but Medtronic, a well-known medical device company, is notifying some customers after an incident one employee’s devices may have compromised personal or patient information. According to a notification letter, on March 12, an employee’s computer, phone, and iPad were “taken and accessed for…
AU: Avaddon threat attackers demand ransom from NSW Labor
NSW Labor is Australia’s Labor Party (New South Wales Branch). Now Avaddon threat actors claim that they have hacked them and stolen data. NSW Labor, the company does not want to cooperate with us, so we give them 240 hours to communicate and cooperate with us. If this does not happen before the time counter…
Orthopedic Associates of Dutchess County notifies more than 330,000 patients of breach
On March 5, Orthopedic Associates of Dutchess County in New York (“OADC”) became aware of suspicious activity involving its systems. Their investigation determined that an unauthorized actor gained access to certain OADC systems on or about March 1, 2021, encrypted files, and then claimed to have removed and/or viewed certain files. According to the notification…