Conor Faulkner reports: A cyberattack on a leading pharmaceutical supply company has disrupted the distribution of medicines to Spanish pharmacies. The attack, which started last Friday and is still ongoing, has affected wholesale supplier Alliance Healthcare’s servers and delayed and even prevented the normal delivery of some medicines to pharmacies in Spain, according to Spanish daily El…
Category: Malware
Stung by Free Decryptor, Ransomware Group Embraces Extortion
Mathew J. Schwartz reports: Not all ransomware groups wield crypto-locking malware. In their continuing quest for extortionate profits, some have moved away from encryption and pressure victims purely by threatening to leak stolen data unless they receive a ransom payment. This seems to have been the case for BianLian, a prolific ransomware group that emerged…
Has Oakland been hit with a second ransomware attack? (1)
As the public knows by now, Oakland, California was hit with a ransomware attack by the Play ransomware gang on February 8, and has been struggling since then to recover. Data from the attack started to be leaked on March 4. Play leaked about 10 GB of files, compressed, and threatened to leak more if…
Dish Network updates on ransomware attack
Mike Robuk reports: Dish Network stated it reinstated the ability customers of its Boost Mobile brand to access account information as it provided an update on its bid to recover from a cyberattack in February. The operator last week explained Boost Mobile subscribers can pay their bills online, at stores and through apps. Dish Network remains tight-lipped…
Four months after cyberattack, CHC Montlégia hospital system still offline
Seen in an article on The Brussels Times about risks to hospitals of cyberattacks: Last November the CHC Montlégia in Liège was also the victim of a cyberattack. Nearly four months later, its computer system is still offline. The only thing I could find on that was this February article on how the CHC was…
Lansing Community College dealing with “cybersecurity incident”
On March 16, Amaya Kuznicki reported: A cyberthreat shutdown Lansing Community College for the rest of the week. The school is working with the FBI, a cyber insurance response team, and the Michigan Cyber Command Center to solve the problem. LCC posted on social media Thursday that classes will not be in session Friday, but…