The Defense Post reports: Colombia has reported a massive cyberattack affecting dozens of government websites and impacting countries across Latin America. Local media said Thursday that key websites — such as the justice, health, and culture ministries as well as several hospitals — had been affected by a ransomware attack. The presidency said in a…
Category: Breach Incidents
AlphV responds to MGM incident and sloppy reporting
AlphV has posted a statement about their attack on MGM Resorts. They also post some scathing criticisms of journalists and news outlets for reporting inaccurately and not verifying sources. Of note, their statement also asserts, “The ALPHV ransomware group has not before privately or publicly claimed responsibility for an attack before this point. Rumors were…
FL: Hillsborough County Public Schools cyberattack claimed by LockBit3.0
LockBit has added Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida to their leak site today. They claim to have acquired 2 TB of data, and provide a file list and some sample files. The sample files are routine types of district files. One did contain personal and medically related information on students. The file list suggests…
Texas Medical Liability Trust updates its data breach notification; now provides notification on behalf of almost 60,000 individuals
In March, Texas Medical Liability Trust on behalf of itself and its affiliates, Texas Medical Insurance Company, Physicians Insurance Company, and Lone Star Alliance, Inc., a Risk Retention Group (collectively “TMLT”) filed a breach notification with the Maine Attorney General’s Office. That submission indicated that 625 individuals had been affected by a breach that occurred…
St. Paul Public Schools notifies families of data breach from February
KSTP reports: St. Paul Public Schools notified families and staff last week of a “data security incident” last winter that may have exposed students’ names and email addresses. In a letter sent out on Friday, the district said it became aware of the issue in February and flagged the FBI, Minnesota IT Services and the…
MGM Resorts hit in disruptive cyberattack
Long-time readers may recall a story in January 2017 about a luxury hotel that reportedly paid extortion to ransomware attackers because guests were locked in their rooms. Some of the story was ultimately considered to be fake news, although the whole scenario initially seemed possible at the time. Fast forward more than six years and …