KABC reports an update to an attack disclosed last month: San Bernardino County paid a $1.1 million ransom to hackers who infiltrated the Sheriff’s Department computers, officials acknowledged Friday. Last month, the department admitted a hack encrypted many of its files, disrupting systems and blocking access to data. County officials told ABC News on Friday…
Category: Malware
Lake Dallas Independent School District notifies 21,982 Texans of breach
In April, the Royal ransomware gang added Lake Dallas Independent School District in Texas to its leak site. Quoting the district’s description of itself, the attackers commented: Lake Dallas Independent School District has a vibrant, growing student population, an excellent array of programs, a strong curriculum, and a progressive, innovative atmosphere. Seems like everything…
Unwelcome guest: Trigona ransomware group claims they’ve taken up residence in Unique Imaging’s network
Unique Imaging, Inc. has three locations in Florida: Aventura, Biscayne, Miami, and Dadeland. If you were to visit their website today, you wouldn’t see any sign of anything amiss, but appearances can be deceiving. A ransomware group claims that they have been living in Unique Imaging’s network for months and helping themselves to patient data…
Medusa ransomware group starts leaking data from Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre; threatens to leak more
Ellen Whinnet reports: A ransomware gang is claiming to have breached a Sydney cancer hospital, and is threatening to release data unless payment is made. NSW Health confirmed it was aware of the threats made against the Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre at Westmead Hospital, and was investigating. The global ransomware gang Medusa posted on…
City of Dallas impacted by ransomware attack
Lori Brown reports: The City of Dallas is dealing with a ransomware attack that has infected its servers, limiting the delivery of City service. The city says security monitoring tools first spotted the attack on Wednesday morning. Read more at Fox4. Update: It looks like the Royal Ransomware gang is responsible for this one.
TN: Murfreesboro Medical Clinic remains closed due to cyberattack
Update of May 6: Although neither the clinic nor the attackers have confirmed it yet, this attack appears to be the work of BianLian, whose obfuscated description on their leak site matches Murfreesboro’s description. BianLian claims to have over 250 GB of files. Carmyn Gutierrez and Caleb Wethington report: The Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter was…