Jessica Bartlett reports: The state’s second-largest insurer suffered large technical outages due to a cybersecurity ransomware incident. Point32Health, the parent company for Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, said in a memo on its website that it identified a ransomware incident on Monday, affecting the systems it uses to service members, accounts, brokers…
Category: Malware
Capita IT breach gets worse as Black Basta claims it’s now selling off stolen data
Jessica Lyons Hardcastle reports: Black Basta, the extortionists who claimed they were the ones who lately broke into Capita, have reportedly put up for sale sensitive details, including bank account information, addresses, and passport photos, stolen from the IT outsourcing giant. A spokesperson for the London-based corporation, which has UK government contracts totaling £6.5 billion…
Hackers Stole School Data. The District Left Teachers in the Dark
More on the Tucson Unified School District ransomware attack by Royal. Jack Gillum reports: Classrooms across Tucson, Arizona, were ravaged by ransomware in January that locked up computer systems and forced teachers to revamp lesson plans. Officials in southern Arizona’s largest school district tried assuring students and staff for weeks that, despite the cyberattack, sensitive data wasn’t…
No evidence found of Little Rock School District data use after ransomware incident
Cynthia Howell reports: The Little Rock School District, a victim of a 2022 data security attack, is telling its past and present employees, student families and vendors that there is no evidence that their personal data has been “viewed, used or misused.” However, that announcement — posted recently on the 21,000-student district’s website — also…
Two more school districts hit by ransomware: Pineland Schools, Uniondale Union Free School District
Two more school districts have shown up on dark web leak sites today. Pineland Schools Pineland Schools in Vineland, New Jersey, was added to LockBit’s site with some files as proof of claim. LockBit claims to have 64GB of data they will dump on April 18 (tomorrow). The screencaps provided as proof include an image…
LockBit ransomware gang appears to be targeting Macs for the first time
Michael Potuck reports: Over the last several years, LockBit has become one of the most powerful ransomware gangs. While it has focused on Windows, Linux, and virtual host machines, it looks like the group has developed its first ransomware for Macs. Discovered by MalwareHunterTeam (via Brett Callow), what seems to be the first ransomware build designed for macOS has surfaced…