Kate Dubinski reports: The College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) has been dealing with a “cyber security incident” that may have compromised the personal information of its almost 200,000 members, CBC News has learned. The name of the college and some of the information hackers say they have access to appears on a website associated with…
Category: Malware
Did ransomware threat actors hit a German medical clinic by mistake? Either way, someone died as a result.
It was our nightmare realized: a medical center was completely paralyzed by a ransomware attack and someone died as a result (SEE UPDATE2 below for correction on that). As of last week, the University Clinic in Düsseldorf reported that it was in a state of emergency. Operations had been canceled, and ambulances had to be…
NY: Floral Park-Bellerose school district hit with ransomware attack
Elliott Weld reports: Floral Park-Bellerose school district officials announced at their Board of Education meeting Monday that the district’s computer system had been infected with a type of malware known as “ransomware,” impeding its progress in delivering virtual education to students. Read more on The Island Now. The report does not indicate what type of…
GA: Jekyll Island Authority computer system infiltrated in ransomware attack
The Brunswick News reports: Jekyll Island Authority fell victim last week to a ransomware attack that has since been mostly addressed. JIA Executive Director Jones Hooks informed the authority’s board at its monthly meeting Tuesday that JIA computer systems were infected by a ransomware attack designed to damage or gain unauthorized access to the system. “All of our computer…
“LockBit” Launches Ransomware Blog, Blackmails Two Companies
Gemini Advisory reports: Gemini Advisory’s analysts uncovered a September 14, 2020 post on a Russian-language dark web forum by a cybercriminal group operating under the moniker “LockBit,” in which they advertised starting their own blog under the same name. LockBit is a Russian-language ransomware team, alongside “REvil”/”Sodinokibi” and “Maze,” that advertises its services on Russian-language dark web…
School districts in New Jersey and California join the list of ransomware victims
Schools are off to a rough start this year. Apart from grappling with edtech and security issues in light of the increased use of virtual learning, school districts are being increasingly attacked by ransomware groups. These ransomware threat actors pose a double threat: they not only encrypt a district’s system(s) to make functioning impossible unless…