Joseph Reaidi reports: A school will be starting its new term six days late after it was targeted in a cyber-attack. Parents were informed that the Highgate Wood School, in Montenotte Road, has become a victim of an attack that has prevented the school from accessing systems. As a result, the start of the Crouch…
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MS: Singing River Health System still recovering from recent cyberattack
Harper Robinson reports: Surgeries delayed, prescriptions needing to be written by hand, and some patients being transferred to other hospitals. These are all affects of the recent cyberattack at Singing River Health System. “We still deliver great patient care,” said Dr. Randy Roth, Singing River Chief Medical Officer. “It’s a little bit slower. For us…
University of Michigan severs ties to internet after cyberattack
Jonathan Greig reports: The University of Michigan announced that it has severed its ties to the internet and cut off access to some systems after experiencing a cyberattack that began on Sunday. In a message to the school’s more than 51,000 students on Monday, the school’s chief information officer Ravi Pendse said that the university…
Update: Tucson Unified School District sends out notifications about January cyberattack
There’s another update to the January cyberattack on TUSD by the Royal ransomware group. While the district was still claiming that sensitive data hadn’t been compromised, data from employees was already being leaked on the dark web as early as February. In the last week of August, TUSD sent out notifications to 28,948 people and…
Medically-tailored food provider, PurFoods, discloses data breach
Jurgita Lapienytė reports: PurFoods, which positions itself as a provider of “tailored home-delivered meals,” has reported a data breach affecting over 1.2 million people. PurFoods (doing business as Mom’s Meals) filed a data breach report with the Maine Attorney General’s Office, stating that attackers acquired sensitive info such as name or other personal identifier, together…
Rackspace’s costs to deal with ransomware attack top $10 million
Eric Killelea reports: Rackspace Technology Inc. spent $10.8 million on expenses related to a ransomware attack in December that blocked thousands of customers from accessing their emails and related data, according to regulatory filings. The San Antonio-based cloud computing company paid for costs to “investigate and remediate, legal and other professional services, and supplemental staff resources that…