Lawrence Abrams reports: The United States and the United Kingdom have sanctioned seven Russian individuals for their involvement in the TrickBot cybercrime group, whose malware was used to support attacks by the Conti and Ryuk ransomware operation. […] Today, the United States and the United Kingdom have sanctioned seven individuals for their involvement in the…
Category: Malware
Hk: Thousands affected by Institute of Bankers data leak following ransomware incident
rthk reports: The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data said on Thursday that it has issued an enforcement notice to the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers, following a data leak that affected more than 13,000 members and about 100,000 non-members. Speaking at a press conference, the watchdog said people’s personal information was leaked…
AmerisourceBergen MWI Animal Health hit by Lorenz; Company investigating
The Lorenz ransomware group has added AmerisourceBergen/MWI Animal Health to their leak site with what teasingly appears to be a lot of data, except there is no key to unlock the leaked files. Those who want the key will have to contact Lorenz and buy the key. Lorenz did provide a file list as a…
MA: DotHouse Health discloses data breach but has yet to send letters to patients
On or about December 10, AlphV (aka BlackCat) added DotHouse Health.org to their leak site, where they attempt to pressure victims into paying any ransom demands. In this case, the threat actors did not post any proof pack, but they claimed to have infiltrated 800 GB of data from the Massachusetts HIPAA-covered healthcare provider. On…
Hackers hit Vesuvius, UK engineering company shuts down affected systems
Graham Cluley writes: Vesuvius, the London Stock Exchange-listed molten metal flow engineering company, says it has been hit by a cyber attack. This morning, Vesuvius issued an alert that it was “currently managing a cyber incident.” Read more at GrahamCluley.com.
Ransomware attack may have caused IT breach that shut all four Cork MTU campuses
Liz Dunphy reports: Munster Technological University (MTU) is working with gardaí and the National Cyber Security Centre to establish if a major IT breach that led to the closure of its four Cork campuses is linked to an international ransomware attack on hundreds of organisations. MTU’s four Cork campuses will remain closed today and an update is…