Lawrence Abrams reports: Montreal’s Société de transport de Montréal (STM) public transport system was hit with a RansomExx ransomware attack that has impacted services and online systems. On October 19th, STM suffered an outage that affected its IT systems, website, and customer support. Read more on BleepingComputer. h/t, @Chum1ng0
Category: Government Sector
CA: City of Shafter hit with ransomware attack
Anthony Wright reports: The City of Shafter has announced its IT system has been compromised by ransomware. An Instagram post says the city’s IT system appears to be frozen and locked. According to the city, it is not believed that any personal information has been obtained. Read more on Turnto23. And don’t get your hopes…
More details emerge on Hall County, Georgia ransomware attack
As reported previously on this site, Hall County, Georgia had revealed a ransomware attack on October 7, but until now, we didn’t know who attacked them. Now the threat actors known as DoppelPaymer have added Hall County to their dedicated leak site. In their updates, the county had reported: At this time, there is no…
Norway accuses Russia over cyber attack on parliament
AFP reports: Norway’s government on Tuesday said that it believes Russia was behind an August cyber attack targeting the email system of the country’s parliament. The attack was detected in August, when Norway announced hackers had attacked the parliament’s email system, gaining access to some lawmakers’ messages. Read more on The Local (No).
KY: Breach of city contractor e-mail put some city workers info at risk
Steve Rogers reports: Some current and former Lexington city employees’ personal information was put at risk when a third-party contractor’s e-mail server was hacked in July. The city was notified on Sept. 28 of the security incident by Metaformers Inc., the third-party contractor working on city technology projects, the city said in a release. Read…
UK: Hackney Hacked as Council Investigates Attack
Dan Raywood reports: London’s Hackney Council has reported it has “been the target of a serious cyber-attack which is affecting many of our services and IT systems.” According to a statement from Philip Glanville, mayor of Hackney, council officers have been working closely with the National Cyber Security Centre, external experts and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local…